South Carolina House of Representatives districts

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South Carolina House of Representatives districts are the geographically defined electoral areas from which members are elected to serve in the lower chamber of the South Carolina General Assembly.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative electoral district
state legislative district
appliesToJurisdiction South Carolina
boundaryBasis population-based apportionment
boundaryPrinciple one person, one vote
chamberLevel lower house
country United States
dataSourceForBoundaries U.S. Census Bureau geographic data
defines geographic constituencies for state house elections in South Carolina
electoralRole determine which candidates appear on a voter’s ballot for the South Carolina House of Representatives
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
elects members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
electsOfficialsWhoMeetIn South Carolina State House
electsToBody South Carolina House of Representatives
governingBodySeatLocation Columbia, South Carolina
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasElectorate registered voters residing within each district
hasLanguage English (official legislative language context)
legalFramework South Carolina state law
United States Constitution
levelOfGovernment state
mapsPublishedBy South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office
South Carolina legislature
partOf South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina House of Representatives
purpose to provide geographic representation in the South Carolina House of Representatives
redistrictingAuthority South Carolina General Assembly
redistrictingTrigger decennial United States census
relatedTo South Carolina Senate districts
United States congressional districts in South Carolina
representationType single-member representation
subjectTo federal Voting Rights Act requirements
judicial review in redistricting litigation
redistricting
termLengthOfElectedMembers 2 years
typeOfConstituency territorial constituency
usedFor state legislative elections in South Carolina
usedInElectionCycle biennial general elections for the South Carolina House of Representatives
votingEligibility eligible voters residing in the district
votingSystem single-member district system

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South Carolina House District 87 subdivisionOf South Carolina House of Representatives districts
Colleton County, South Carolina partOf South Carolina House of Representatives districts
Hampton County, South Carolina isPartOf South Carolina House of Representatives districts
Saluda County, South Carolina legislativeDistrict South Carolina House of Representatives districts