Colorado House of Representatives districts including Mesa County

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Colorado House of Representatives districts including Mesa County are the state legislative constituencies that elect members to the Colorado House to represent Grand Junction and the surrounding Mesa County area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative district grouping
state legislative constituency grouping
ballotType secret ballot
boundaryChanges occur after each decennial U.S. census
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataSource Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission maps and reports
demographicBasis population-based apportionment
electoralCycle even-numbered years
elects members of the Colorado House of Representatives
electsTo Colorado House of Representatives
governingLaw Colorado statutes
surface form: Colorado Revised Statutes
governmentBodyType lower house districts
hasElectionsAdministeredBy Mesa County, Colorado
surface form: Mesa County Clerk and Recorder (local level)
hasElectorate residents of Mesa County, Colorado within the district boundaries
hasFunction to elect state legislators for Mesa County area
hasRepresentation one state representative per district
includesRuralAreas unincorporated areas of Mesa County
includesUrbanArea Grand Junction, Colorado
surface form: City of Grand Junction
jurisdiction Colorado
surface form: State of Colorado
languageOfOfficialBusiness English
legislature Colorado General Assembly
levelOfGovernment state
locatedIn Mesa County, Colorado
Colorado
surface form: State of Colorado
mapAvailability publicly available district maps
officeTermLength 2 years
overseenBy Colorado Department of State
surface form: Colorado Secretary of State (elections administration)
partOf Colorado House of Representatives districts including Mesa County self-linksurface differs
surface form: Colorado House of Representatives districts
partOfSystem Colorado General Assembly
surface form: Colorado state legislative district system
principle one person, one vote
purpose to provide representation for Mesa County residents in the Colorado House of Representatives
redistrictedBy Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission
represents Grand Junction, Colorado
communities in Mesa County, Colorado
representsInterest local interests of Mesa County within state government
subjectTo Colorado redistricting laws
Colorado state constitution
typeOfConstituency territorial constituency
usesVotingSystem first-past-the-post voting
single-member districts
voterEligibility registered voters residing within district boundaries

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Grand Junction, Colorado stateHouseDistrict Colorado House of Representatives districts including Mesa County
Colorado House of Representatives districts including Mesa County partOf Colorado House of Representatives districts including Mesa County self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Colorado House of Representatives districts