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decade, the United States surveys its citizens to
determine, among other things, the population of each
city, each county, each state, and the nation as a
whole. The Board of
Apportionment, consisting of the Governor, the Secretary
of State and the Attorney General, is required by the
Arkansas Constitution to take this data,
provided by the federal Census Bureau, and divide the
state into electoral districts for the two houses of the
General Assembly – the House of Representatives
and
the Senate.
This guide to Arkansas’
legislative redistricting will acquaint legislators,
other public officials and the public at large with the
process of redistricting in Arkansas
and some of the issues
relating to the redistricting process. The guide
discusses the legal underpinnings of redistricting in
Arkansas, the actual process by which the decisions
on district boundaries are made, the tools of
redistricting and some of the legal issues that arise in
the course of the redistricting process.
For more information regarding
redistricting in Arkansas, please contact the
redistricting staff at 501-682-4592.
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