§ 5-3-101. Guidelines and standards for apportionment

MS Code § 5-3-101 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Every district shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory and the boundary shall cross governmental or political boundaries the least number of times possible; and

(b) Districts shall be structured, as far as possible and within constitutional standards, along county lines; if county lines are fractured, then election district lines shall be followed as nearly as possible.