If redistricting of the legislative assembly becomes effective after the organization of political parties as provided in this chapter and before the primary or the general election, the political parties in each of the following districts shall organize or reorganize as closely as possible in conformance with this chapter to assure compliance with primary election filing deadlines:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 16.1-03-17

  • 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
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. 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

1.    A district that does not share any geographical area with the pre-redistricting district having the same number.

2.    A district with new geographic area that was not in that district for the 2020 election and which new geographic area has a 2020 population that is more than twenty-five percent of the district’s population as determined in the 2020 federal decennial census.