- About the Process
- The Legal Requirement to Redistrict
- Article 8
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
- The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
- Equal Population
- Vote Dilution
- Equal Protection Clause
- Redistricting Standards and Requirements
- Redistricting Criteria and Goals
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Section. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The legislative districts to be drawn by the Board of Apportionment must not be discriminatory, and the districts will be drawn to comply with all applicable state and federal laws.