def representatives(self, count=None, sorting=False):
        payload = {}
        if count is not None:
            payload['count'] = self._process_value(count, 'int')
        if sorting:
            payload['sorting'] = self._process_value(sorting, 'strbool')
        resp = self.call('representatives', payload)
        representatives = resp.get('representatives') or {}
        for k, v in representatives.items():
            representatives[k] = int(v)
        return representatives