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2 U.S.C. § 2c — Number of Congressional Districts; number of Representatives from each District

submitted 59 years ago by Pub. L. 90-196 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 109 words · no verdicts yet

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A state entitled to more than one Representative must be divided by state law into that many districts, and each Representative is elected from one district — no district elects more than one. An exception lets a state that always elected its Representatives at-large keep doing that for the Ninety-first Congress.

Starting with the Ninety-first Congress and every Congress after that, if a state is entitled under section 2a(a) to more than one Representative, state law must create a number of districts equal to that number of Representatives. Representatives must then be elected only from those established districts, and no single district may elect more than one Representative. There is one exception: a state entitled to more than one Representative that has, in every previous election, elected all its Representatives at-large (statewide, not by district) may keep electing its Representatives at-large for the Ninety-first Congress.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

In each State entitled in the Ninety-first Congress or in any subsequent Congress thereafter to more than one Representative under an apportionment made pursuant to the provisions of section 2a(a) of this title, there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled, and Representatives shall be elected only from districts so established, no district to elect more than one Representative (except that a State which is entitled to more than one Representative and which has in all previous elections elected its Representatives at Large may elect its Representatives at Large to the Ninety-first Congress).

Source credit: (Pub. L. 90–196, Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 581.)

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  • 1967Enacted · Pub. L. 90-196 · 81 Stat. 581

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 90-196 on 1967-12-14.

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