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1. Constitutional Citations |
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| a) Congressional Redistricting: |
Article 4, pt. 2, § 1 |
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| b) Legislative Redistricting: |
Article 4, pt. 2, § 1 |
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2. Statutory or Other Citations |
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| a) Description of Current Congressional Districts: |
www.azredistricting.org/?page=finalcong |
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| b) Description of Current Legislative Districts: |
www.azredistricting.org/?page=leg2004org |
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| c) Districting Principles or Procedure: |
Constitution, Article 4, pt. 2, § 1 |
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3. Congressional Districts |
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| a) Present Number: |
8 |
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| b) Prospective Number after 2010 Census: |
9 |
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4. State Legislative Districts |
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| a) Senate |
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| Number of Districts: |
30 |
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| Number of Multimember Districts: |
0 |
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| Largest Number of Seats in a District: |
1 |
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| b) House |
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| Number of Districts: |
30 |
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| Number of Multimember Districts: |
30 |
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| Largest Number of Seats in a District: |
2 |
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| c) House Districts Nested within Senate Districts? |
Yes |
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5. Redistricting Requirements |
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| a) Initial Responsibility for Drawing Congressional Districts |
Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission |
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| b) Initial Responsibility for Drawing Legislative Districts: |
Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission |
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| c) Legislative Committee Responsible for Redistricting: |
N/A |
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| d) Use Apportionment Board or Commission? |
Yes Five members appointed from pool of 25 nominated by commission on appellate court appointees, one by each of the four caucus leaders and the fifth by the first four. If the four deadlock, commission on appellate appointees appoints the fifth as chair. |
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| e) Gubernatorial Veto Power over Congressional Plan? |
No |
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| f) Gubernatorial Veto Power over Legislative Plan? |
No |
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6. Redistricting Deadlines |
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| a) Congressional Deadline: |
None |
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| Basis for Deadline: |
N/A |
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| Effect of Failure to Meet Deadline: |
N/A |
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| b) Legislative Deadline: |
None |
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| Basis for Deadline: |
N/A |
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| Effect of Failure to Meet Deadline: |
N/A |
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7. Voting Rights Act Information for the 2000s |
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| Preclearance Required? |
Yes |
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| Justice Department Objection to Plans? |
No |
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8. State Contacts |
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| Michael E. Braun Executive Director Arizona Legislative Council 1700 West Washington, Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ 85007 602/926-4236 602/926-4803 Fax mbraun@azleg.gov |
Marge Ray Attorney Arizona Legislative Council 1700 West Washington, Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ 85007 602/926-4236 602/926-4803 Fax mray@azleg.gov |
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Greg Jernigan Legal Counsel to the President Arizona Senate 1700 West Washington, Suite 206 Phoenix, AZ 85007 602/542-4731 602/542-7039 Fax gjernigan@azleg.gov |
Michael Mandell Chief Counsel to the Speaker of the House House of Representatives 1700 W. Washington, Room 221 Phoenix, AZ 85007 602/926-5979 602/417-3153 Fax mmandell@azleg.gov |
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