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1.
a.A senator must be elected from each odd-numbered district in 2022 for a term of
four years.
b.Two representatives must be elected from each odd-numbered district not
comprised of subdistricts in 2022 for a term of four years.
c.A representative must be elected from each odd-numbered subdistrict in 2022 for
a term of four years.
2.A senator and two representatives from districts ten and twenty-six must be elected in
2022 for a term of two years.
3.
a.A senator must be elected from each even-numbered district in 2024 for a term of
four years.
b.Two representatives must be elected from each even-numbered district not
comprised of subdistricts in 2024 for a term of four years.
c.A representative must be elected from each even-numbered subdistrict in 2022
for a term of two years and
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1. a. A senator must be elected from each odd-numbered district in 2022 for a term of
four years.
b. Two representatives must be elected from each odd-numbered district not
comprised of subdistricts in 2022 for a term of four years.
c. A representative must be elected from each odd-numbered subdistrict in 2022 for
a term of four years.
2. A senator and two representatives from districts ten and twenty-six must be elected in
2022 for a term of two years.
3. a. A senator must be elected from each even-numbered district in 2024 for a term of
four years.
b. Two representatives must be elected from each even-numbered district not
comprised of subdistricts in 2024 for a term of four years.
c. A representative must be elected from each even-numbered subdistrict in 2022
for a term of two years and in 2024 for a term of four years.
d. The term of office of a representative elected in 2020 from an even-numbered
district who as a result of redistricting is placed in an even-numbered district with
more than one other representative elected in 2020 from an even-numbered
district terminates December 1, 2022, and two representatives must be elected
from that district in 2022 for a term of two years.
e. The term of office of a senator elected in 2020 from an even-numbered district
who as a result of redistricting is placed in an even-numbered district with one or
more other senators elected in 2020 from an even-numbered district terminates
December 1, 2022, and one senator must be elected from that district in 2022 for
a term of two years.
4. The term of office of a member of the legislative assembly elected in an
even-numbered district in 2020 for a term of four years and who as a result of
legislative redistricting is placed in an odd-numbered district terminates December 1,
2022.
5. The term of office of a member of the legislative assembly elected in a district
comprised of subdistricts as a result of legislative redistricting terminates on
December 1, 2022.
6. Except as provided in subsection 7, a member of the legislative assembly elected from
an even-numbered district in 2020 for a term of four years and who as a result of
legislative redistricting is placed in an odd-numbered district may continue to serve the
remainder of the term for which the member was elected beyond December 1, 2022, if
the member changes the member's place of residence by February 1, 2022, to a
location within the even-numbered district from which the member was elected and
certifies in writing to the secretary of state and the chairman of the legislative
management the member has established a new residence in that district as
determined by section 54-01-26. If the member does not establish residency within the
district from which the member was elected by February 1, 2022, the term of office of
the member terminates on December 1, 2022.
7. The term of office of a member of the legislative assembly in an even-numbered
district with new geographic area which area was not in that member's district for the
2020 election and which new geographic area has a 2020 population more than four
thousand one hundred forty-four terminates on December 1, 2022.
8. For purposes of section 5 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota, a member of
the legislative assembly elected from a district with boundaries that changed as a
result of legislative redistricting is deemed to live in the district from which the member
was elected until December 1, 2022.