Optional use of multi-Member districts

(a) Optional use of multi-Member districts (1) In general At its option, a State may establish a number of districts for the election of Representatives in Congress in the State that is less than the number of Representatives to which the State is entitled, and may establish that Representatives shall be elected only from districts so established. (2) Equal population per Representative In establishing the number of districts under paragraph (1), the State shall ensure that districts shall each have equal population per Representative as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the Constitution of the United States. (3) Conforming amendment The Act entitled An Act for the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional redistricting, approved December 14, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 2c), is amended by striking In each State and inserting Except as provided in section 2(b) of the Equal Voices Act, in each State. (b) Effective date This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to the first regular decennial census conducted after the date of the enactment of this Act and each subsequent decennial census.