§ 1901. Purpose
§ 1901. Purpose (a) The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires all state legislative bodies to be apportioned in such manner as to achieve substantially equal weighting of the votes of all voters in the choice of legislators. (b) […]
§ 1902. Definitions
§ 1902. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Apportionment standard for the House of Representatives” means the number obtained by dividing the total population in the State by the number of members of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly. (2) “Apportionment standard for the Senate” means the number obtained by dividing the […]
§ 1903. Periodic reapportionment; standards
§ 1903. Periodic reapportionment; standards (a) The House of Representatives and the Senate shall be reapportioned and redistricted on the basis of population during the biennial session after the taking of each decennial census of the United States, or after a census taken for the purpose of such reapportionment under the authority of this State. […]
§ 1904. Legislative Apportionment Board
§ 1904. Legislative Apportionment Board (a) There is hereby created the Legislative Apportionment Board, consisting of: a special master designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; one resident of the State of Vermont for five years immediately preceding the appointment, appointed by the Governor from each political party that has had more than […]
§ 1905. House apportionment—Tentative proposal
§ 1905. House apportionment—Tentative proposal On or before July 1 of the year following each decennial census under the authority of Congress, the Board shall prepare a tentative proposal for the reapportionment of the House of Representatives. Whenever, in the tentative proposal, it appears that one town or city should be divided into two or […]
§ 1891. Statement of policy
§ 1891. Statement of policy The order of the U.S. District Court for the district of Vermont entered August 3, 1964, modified and affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, January 12, 1965 (85 S.Ct. 503, 379 U.S. 359, 13 L.Ed.2d 352) requires that both houses of the General Assembly of Vermont be […]
§ 1891a. Definitions
§ 1891a. Definitions As used in this chapter and in chapter 34A of this title: (1) “Initial district” or “district” means a district created by law in the final plan enacted pursuant to section 1906 of this title and listed in section 1893 of this title. (2) “Representative district” means a district from which one […]
§ 1892. House of Representatives membership
§ 1892. House of Representatives membership The House of Representatives shall consist of 150 members, each of whom shall be elected from a district established by law. No person shall be elected a Representative until he or she has resided in this State two years, the last of which shall be in the district for […]
§ 1893b. House of Representatives Districts
§ 1893b. House of Representatives Districts Notwithstanding the processes outlined in 17 V.S.A. chapter 34A regarding the enactment of initial districts and the subdivision of initial districts, for the 2022 reapportionment of the House of Representatives, the State is divided into the following districts for the House of Representatives, each of which shall be entitled […]
§ 1881a. Senatorial districts; nominations and election
§ 1881a. Senatorial districts; nominations and election (a) The laws relating to the election of Senators in single counties shall apply in senatorial districts except as their application may be inconsistent with this section or the structure of those districts. (b) In senatorial districts, the senatorial district clerk shall be the county clerk for those […]