Arkansas § 7-2-101 - Number of congressional districts.
Full text of Arkansas Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 7-2-101 — Number of congressional districts., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 7-2-101. Number of congressional districts.
The State of Arkansas is hereby divided into four (4) congressional districts, provided that the members of the United States House of Representatives presently serving from each of the existing congressional districts of this state shall continue to serve until the expiration of their current terms, and successor congressmen shall be elected from the congressional districts as established in this subchapter. It is the intention of this subchapter to provide for congressional districts of substantially equal population in order to comply with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Source: official Arkansas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-2-101 ("Number of congressional districts.") is part of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Arkansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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