South Carolina House of Representatives districts

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South Carolina House of Representatives districts are the geographically defined electoral areas from which members are elected to serve in the lower chamber of the South Carolina General Assembly.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative electoral district ⓘ
state legislative district ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction South Carolina ⓘ
boundaryBasis population-based apportionment ⓘ
boundaryPrinciple one person, one vote ⓘ
chamberLevel lower house ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataSourceForBoundaries U.S. Census Bureau geographic data ⓘ
defines geographic constituencies for state house elections in South Carolina ⓘ
electoralRole determine which candidates appear on a voter’s ballot for the South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
elects members of the South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
electsOfficialsWhoMeetIn South Carolina State House ⓘ
electsToBody South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
governingBodySeatLocation Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasElectorate registered voters residing within each district ⓘ
hasLanguage English (official legislative language context) ⓘ
legalFramework South Carolina state law ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
mapsPublishedBy South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office ⓘ
South Carolina legislature ⓘ
partOf South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
purpose to provide geographic representation in the South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
redistrictingAuthority South Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
redistrictingTrigger decennial United States census ⓘ
relatedTo South Carolina Senate districts ⓘ
United States congressional districts in South Carolina ⓘ
representationType single-member representation ⓘ
subjectTo federal Voting Rights Act requirements ⓘ
judicial review in redistricting litigation ⓘ
redistricting ⓘ
termLengthOfElectedMembers 2 years ⓘ
typeOfConstituency territorial constituency ⓘ
usedFor state legislative elections in South Carolina ⓘ
usedInElectionCycle biennial general elections for the South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
votingEligibility eligible voters residing in the district ⓘ
votingSystem single-member district system ⓘ

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South Carolina House District 87 → subdivisionOf → South Carolina House of Representatives districts ⓘ
Colleton County, South Carolina → partOf → South Carolina House of Representatives districts ⓘ
Hampton County, South Carolina → isPartOf → South Carolina House of Representatives districts ⓘ
Saluda County, South Carolina → legislativeDistrict → South Carolina House of Representatives districts ⓘ