Kansas legislative districts
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Kansas legislative districts are the state-defined electoral boundaries that determine representation in the Kansas Legislature for counties and communities across the state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kansas House of Representatives districts | 1 |
| Kansas legislative districts canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electoral district
ⓘ
legislative district system ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Kansas Secretary of State ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure fair representation of communities
ⓘ
provide equal population districts ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Kansas voters ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Kansas
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Kansas
|
| basisOfRepresentation | population ⓘ |
| canBeChallengedIn |
federal courts
ⓘ
state courts ⓘ |
| classification | state legislative districts in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| covers | all populated areas of Kansas ⓘ |
| createdBy | Kansas Legislature ⓘ |
| determines | which legislators represent specific geographic areas ⓘ |
| elects |
Kansas state representatives
ⓘ
Kansas state senators ⓘ |
| firstLevelSubdivisionUsed | county ⓘ |
| governedByPrinciple | one person, one vote ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Kansas legislative districts
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas House of Representatives districts
Kansas Senate ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas Senate districts
|
| languageOfOfficialDescriptions | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Kansas Constitution
ⓘ
Kansas statutes ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Kansas Legislature ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | state ⓘ |
| lowerHouse | Kansas House of Representatives ⓘ |
| mapApprovedBy | Kansas Legislature ⓘ |
| mapsPublishedBy |
Kansas Legislative Research Department
ⓘ
Kansas Secretary of State ⓘ |
| maySplit |
cities
ⓘ
counties ⓘ |
| numberOfDistrictsLowerHouse | 125 ⓘ |
| numberOfDistrictsUpperHouse | 40 ⓘ |
| redistrictingInterval | 10 years ⓘ |
| redistrictingTrigger | decennial United States census ⓘ |
| relatedProcess | redistricting in Kansas ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kansas elections
ⓘ
Government of Kansas ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas state government
|
| subjectTo |
U.S. Constitution equal protection clause
ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
surface form:
federal Voting Rights Act
|
| typeOfBoundary | state-defined electoral boundary ⓘ |
| upperHouse | Kansas Senate ⓘ |
| usedFor |
elections to the Kansas Legislature
ⓘ
representation of Kansas residents ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kansas House of Representatives districts