Sec. 201. Requiring use of multi-member districts in certain States
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If a State is entitled to six or more Representatives in Congress under an apportionment made under section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress , approved June 18, 1929 ( 2 U.S.C. 2a(a) ), the State shall establish a number of districts for the election of Representatives in the State that is less than the number of Representatives to which the State is entitled, and Representatives shall be elected only from districts so established.
In establishing the number of districts for the State under subsection (a), the State shall follow the following criteria: The State shall ensure that districts shall each have equal population per Representative as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States. The number of Representatives to be elected from any district may not be fewer than three or greater than five.
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Requiring use of multi-member districts in certain States
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