North Carolina Const. art. II, § 3

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Article II, § 3 — Senate districts; apportionment of Senators

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The Senators shall be elected from districts. The General Assembly, at the first regular session convening after the return of every decennial census of population taken by order of Congress, shall revise the senate districts and the apportionment of Senators among those districts, subject to the following requirements: (1) Each Senator shall represent, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, the number of inhabitants that each Senator represents being determined for this purpose by dividing the population of the district that he represents by the number of Senators apportioned to thatdistrict; (2) Each senate district shallat all timesconsist of contiguousterritory; (3) No county shall be divided in the formation of a senatedistrict; (4) When established, the senatedistrictsand the apportionment of Senators shall remain unaltered until the return of another decennial census of population taken by order of Congress.

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The Senators shall be elected from districts. The General Assembly, at the first regular session convening after the return of every decennial census of population taken by order of Congress, shall revise the senate districts and the apportionment of Senators among those districts, subject to the following requirements: (1) Each Senator shall represent, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, the number of inhabitants that each Senator represents being determined for this purpose by dividing the population of the district that he represents by the number of Senators apportioned to thatdistrict; (2) Each senate district shallat all timesconsist of contiguousterritory; (3) No county shall be divided in the formation of a senatedistrict; (4) When established, the senatedistrictsand the apportionment of Senators shall remain unaltered until the return of another decennial census of population taken by order of Congress.