North Dakota Code 11-07-01 – County redistricting board – Membership – Powers
The redistricting board shall be composed of the following members:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 11-07-01
- Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. The chairman of the board of county commissioners, who shall act as chairman of the redistricting board.
2. The state‘s attorney.
3. A citizen or member of the governing body selected by the governing body of the city having the largest population, according to the most recent federal decennial census, in the county.
4. A township supervisor selected by the township supervisors at a meeting called by the county auditor, if more than one-half of the townships are organized, whose service upon the board shall be contingent upon that person‘s service in office as a township supervisor, or a citizen member at large appointed by the county commission if less than one-half of the townships are organized.
5. A citizen at large selected by representatives of each of the cities of the county, excluding the largest city, if there is a total of at least three incorporated cities in such county. Such representatives shall consist of one member of and selected by the governing body of each of the cities in the county, other than the largest city. The selection of the member of the redistricting board shall be made at a meeting called by the county auditor for such purpose. In the event there is not a total of three cities in the county, or that the selection is not made at the meeting called by the county auditor, such citizen at large shall be selected by the redistricting board at its first meeting. Such citizen at large shall serve until the time of the next decennial redistricting.
6. The county auditor, or such other county official responsible for conducting elections within the county, as an ex officio, nonvoting member for the purpose of advising the redistricting board on other existing election districts and precinct boundaries. Vacancies upon the board shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of original selection.
Such board may change the boundaries of the commissioners’ districts of the county in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.