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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 1. The State and Its Subdivisions » Article 2. Apportionment of Representation

§1-2-1. Senatorial Districts

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Senate Redistricting Act of 2011. (b) As used in this section: (1) “County” means the territory comprising a county of this state as such county existed on January 1, 2010, notwithstanding any boundary changes thereof made subsequent thereto;

§1-2-2b. Precinct Boundary Changes

If an election precinct of this state includes territory contained in more than one senatorial or delegate district, as such senatorial districts are established by section one of this article and as such delegate districts are established by section two of this article, the county commission of the county in which the precinct is located […]

§1-2-2c. Redistricting

Upon the reapportionment and redistricting of the Legislature following the United States Census in 2020 and in each subsequent reapportionment and redistricting, the House of Delegates shall be composed of one hundred single member districts, with apportionment to meet constitutional standards.

§1-2-3. Congressional Districts

The number of members to which the state is entitled in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States are apportioned among the counties of the state, arranged into three congressional districts, numbered as follows: First District: Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, […]

§1-2-4. Severability of Provisions of Article

If section one, two or three of this article or any part of any one or more of said sections is declared invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or provisions of this article or the article in its entirety.