Constitution · West Virginia

W. Va. Const. art. I, § 4

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Constitution of West Virginia
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October 2026

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Representatives to Congress. For the election of representatives to Congress, the state shall be divided into districts, corresponding in number with the representatives to which it may be entitled; which districts shall be formed of contiguous counties, and be compact. Each district shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of population, to be determined according to the rule prescribed in the constitution of the United States.

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