Alabama House districts

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Alabama House districts are the geographic electoral areas within the state of Alabama from which members of the Alabama House of Representatives are elected.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Alabama House districts canonical 1
Alabama legislative districts 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative electoral district ⓘ
administeredBy Alabama Secretary of State (elections) ⓘ
county election officials in Alabama ⓘ
ballotType single-member district ballot ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataSource United States Census Bureau (population data) ⓘ
electoralBodyType lower house ⓘ
electoralCycle regularly scheduled general elections ⓘ
electoralEvent Alabama state legislative elections ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member districts ⓘ
elects state representatives ⓘ
electsToBody Alabama House of Representatives ⓘ
governingBody Alabama Legislature ⓘ
hasCharacteristic contiguous territory (with limited exceptions) ⓘ
must comply with Voting Rights Act ⓘ
population equality requirement ⓘ
hasElectorate residents of Alabama ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Alabama ⓘ
linked to: Alabama
language English (official documentation) ⓘ
legalBasis Alabama Constitution provisions on apportionment ⓘ
Alabama state statutes ⓘ
linked to: Code of Alabama
legislativeChamber Alabama House of Representatives ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
mapsPublishedBy Alabama Legislature ⓘ
Alabama Secretary of State ⓘ
oversightBy Alabama state courts (for redistricting challenges) ⓘ
federal courts (for redistricting challenges) ⓘ
partOf Alabama House of Representatives ⓘ
purpose representation of Alabama residents in state legislation ⓘ
redistrictingTrigger decennial United States census ⓘ
redrawnBy Alabama Legislature ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
relatedTo Alabama Senate districts ⓘ
United States congressional districts in Alabama ⓘ
representationType geographic representation ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
subdivisionOf Alabama legislative districts ⓘ
subjectOf redistricting litigation ⓘ
subjectTo Alabama Constitution ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
federal voting rights laws ⓘ
state redistricting laws ⓘ
termLengthOfRepresentatives 4 years (typical for Alabama House members) ⓘ
typeOfVoters registered voters residing in the district ⓘ
usedFor election of members of the Alabama House of Representatives ⓘ
votingMethod first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alabama House of Representatives → represents → Alabama House districts ⓘ
Alabama House districts → subdivisionOf → Alabama legislative districts ⓘ
linked to: Alabama House districts