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   2009 ORS § 188.010¹
Criteria for apportionment of state into congressional and legislative districts

The Legislative Assembly or the Secretary of State, whichever is applicable, shall consider the following criteria when apportioning the state into congressional and legislative districts:

(1) Each district, as nearly as practicable, shall:

(a) Be contiguous;

(b) Be of equal population;

(c) Utilize existing geographic or political boundaries;

(d) Not divide communities of common interest; and

(e) Be connected by transportation links.

(2) No district shall be drawn for the purpose of favoring any political party, incumbent legislator or other person.

(3) No district shall be drawn for the purpose of diluting the voting strength of any language or ethnic minority group.

(4) Two state House of Representative districts shall be wholly included within a single state senatorial district. [1979 c.667 §1; 1981 c.864 §2]

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Notes of Decisions

Article IV, Sec­tion 6 of Oregon Constitu­tion, as amended by 1986 referendum measure, grants Supreme Court original jurisdic­tion to determine whether Secretary of State's reappor­tion­ment plan complies with this sec­tion. Ater v. Keisling, 312 Or 207, 819 P2d 296 (1991)

Secretary of State's decision to adopt popula­tion devia­tion standard of plus-or-minus one percent was not in viola­tion of this sec­tion, and did not foreclose adequate considera­tion of other statutory criteria. Ater v. Keisling, 312 Or 207, 819 P2d 296 (1991)

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1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 188—Congressional and Legislative Districts; Reapportionment, http://­www.­leg.­state.­or.­us/­ors/­188.­html External_link_icon(2009) (last ac­cessed Mar. 8, 2010).
 
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2009, Chapter 188, http://­www.­leg.­state.­or.­us/­ors/­annos/­188ano.­htm External_link_icon(2009) (last ac­cessed Mar. 31, 2009).
 
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