§ 26-3-116. Precinct boundaries.  


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  • A.  The boundary line of any precinct shall not cross the boundary line of any district court judicial district electoral division or any congressional, legislative or county commissioner district.

    B.  Boundaries of all precincts shall enclose a contiguous area and follow clearly visible, definable and observable physical boundaries which are based upon criteria established and recognized by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce for purposes of defining census blocks for its decennial census, provided that no municipal boundary that is not such a visible, definable and observable physical boundary shall be used as a precinct boundary.

Laws 1974, c. 153, § 3-116, operative Jan. 1, 1975; Laws 1979, c. 240, § 7, emerg. eff. June 1, 1979; Laws 1990, c. 213, § 2, emerg. eff. May 18, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 362, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.