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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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make them as near as may be of equal
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population; but said district shall always
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consist of contiguous territory.
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Section 3.05. Restricting Commission.
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Six months before the first day of the reg-
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ular session of the General Assembly in the
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year in which redistricting is to be effective,
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the presiding officer and the minority leader
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of each house shall each appoint two persons
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to a commission on legislative redistricting.
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The governor shall appoint an additional
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member who shall serve as chairman of the
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commission. Any vacancy on the commission
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shall be filled by the appointing authority.
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The commission shall adopt a redistricting
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plan only by a majority vote of all its mem-
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bers. No member of the commission shall
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hold a popularly elected office in the State.
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Section 3.06. Legislative Redistricting Proce-
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dure.
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The commission on legislative redistricting
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shall submit a plan to the governor, who
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shall transmit it to the General Assembly by
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the first day of the regular session in the
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year in which redistricting is to be effective.
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If any other plan has not been prescribed by
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law within seventy days after the transmis-
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sion of the commission plan to the General
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Assembly, then the commission plan shall be-
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come law. The Court of Appeals shall have
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original jurisdiction, upon petition of any
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qualified voter, to review the new redistrict-
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ing law and the commission plan if it has
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not become law. If the Court of Appeals
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finds a redistricting law enacted by the Gen-
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eral Assembly invalid, then the commission
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plan shall become law. If the Court of Ap-
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peals finds the commission plan invalid, then
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the Court of Appeals shall grant appropriate
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relief for the conduct of the impending elec-
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tion.
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Section 3.07. Congressional Districts.
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See Art. I, Sec. 1 at Section 3.04 for Con-
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The State shall be divided by law into
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gressional Districts.
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congressional districts for the election of
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members of the United States House of Rep-
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resentatives. The difference between the
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populations of the largest and smallest
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congressional districts in the State shall not
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exceed ten per cent of the mean population
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of all congressional districts. Each congres-
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sional district shall consist of adjoining terri-
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tory and be compact in form. Due regard
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shall be given to natural boundaries and the
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boundaries of political subdivisions. Bounda-
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ries of congressional districts shall be
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