Arizona legislative districts

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Arizona legislative districts are the geographically defined areas within the state of Arizona from which voters elect their representatives to the state legislature.

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Arizona legislative districts canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district
legislative district system
appliesToJurisdiction Arizona
surface form: State of Arizona
basisOfApportionment population
consideration competitiveness where practicable
use of visible geographic features and city, town, and county boundaries where practicable
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdTo organize voters for state legislative representation
distinctFrom Arizona's congressional districts
surface form: Arizona congressional districts

Arizona county boundaries
electorate registered voters in Arizona
elects members of the Arizona House of Representatives
members of the Arizona State Senate
firstIndependentCommissionUse post-2000 census redistricting cycle
governingDocument Arizona Constitution
governingLaw federal Voting Rights Act requirements
languageOfBallots English
legalPrinciple one person, one vote
legislativeBody Arizona State Legislature
levelOfGovernment state
lowerHouse Arizona House of Representatives
mapPublication official district maps published by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
mayIncludeLanguageAssistance Native American languages in covered jurisdictions
Spanish
numberOfDistricts 30
redistrictingBody Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
redistrictingFrequency every 10 years
redistrictingMethod independent redistricting commission
redistrictingTrigger decennial United States census
representationPerDistrictHouse 2 state representatives
representationPerDistrictSenate 1 state senator
requirement compactness where practicable
compliance with the United States Constitution
compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act
contiguity of territory
respect for communities of interest where practicable
scope state legislative elections only
subdivisionOf Arizona
surface form: State of Arizona
subjectTo judicial review in redistricting litigation
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
typeOfRepresentation geographic representation
upperHouse Arizona Senate
surface form: Arizona State Senate
usedFor elections to the Arizona House of Representatives
elections to the Arizona State Legislature
elections to the Arizona State Senate
votingSystemHouse multi-member district
votingSystemSenate single-member district

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Arizona Senate represents Arizona legislative districts