Section 4. Method of Redistricting

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Method of Redistricting

The Redistricting Board shall establish forty house districts, with each house district to elect one member of the house of representatives. The board shall establish twenty senate districts, each composed of two house districts, with each senate district to elect one senator.

Summary: Redistricting

Election Date: November 3, 1998

Votes For Ratification: 110768

Votes Against Ratification: 101686

Percent for Ratification: 52%

Percent Against Ratification: 48%

Notes: The resolution which proposed this amendment also amended the following sections: Article VI, Sections 1-11; Article XI, Section 3; Article XIV, Sections 1-3; and Article XV, Section 29

Amendment Source: 1998 HJR 44

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Reapportionment shall be by the method of equal proportions, except that each election district having the major fraction of the quotient obtained by dividing total civilian population by forty shall have one representative.

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