Alabama House districts

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Alabama House districts are the geographic electoral areas within the state of Alabama from which members of the Alabama House of Representatives are elected.

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Alabama House districts canonical 1
Alabama legislative districts 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative electoral district
administeredBy Alabama Secretary of State (elections)
county election officials in Alabama
ballotType single-member district ballot
country United States
dataSource United States Census Bureau (population data)
electoralBodyType lower house
electoralCycle regularly scheduled general elections
electoralEvent Alabama state legislative elections
electoralSystem single-member districts
elects state representatives
electsToBody Alabama House of Representatives
governingBody Alabama Legislature
hasCharacteristic contiguous territory (with limited exceptions)
must comply with Voting Rights Act
population equality requirement
hasElectorate residents of Alabama
jurisdiction State of Alabama
linked to: Alabama
language English (official documentation)
legalBasis Alabama Constitution provisions on apportionment
Alabama state statutes
linked to: Code of Alabama
legislativeChamber Alabama House of Representatives
levelOfGovernment state
locatedIn Alabama
mapsPublishedBy Alabama Legislature
Alabama Secretary of State
oversightBy Alabama state courts (for redistricting challenges)
federal courts (for redistricting challenges)
partOf Alabama House of Representatives
purpose representation of Alabama residents in state legislation
redistrictingTrigger decennial United States census
redrawnBy Alabama Legislature
region Southern United States
relatedTo Alabama Senate districts
United States congressional districts in Alabama
representationType geographic representation
state Alabama
subdivisionOf Alabama legislative districts
subjectOf redistricting litigation
subjectTo Alabama Constitution
United States Constitution
federal voting rights laws
state redistricting laws
termLengthOfRepresentatives 4 years (typical for Alabama House members)
typeOfVoters registered voters residing in the district
usedFor election of members of the Alabama House of Representatives
votingMethod first-past-the-post

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Alabama House of Representatives represents Alabama House districts
Alabama House districts subdivisionOf Alabama legislative districts
linked to: Alabama House districts