Alaska Constitution Article XIV – Apportionment Schedule (repealed)
Alaska Constitution – Article XIV: Apportionment Schedule (Repealed)
Summary:
Article XIV of the Alaska Constitution was originally created to outline the initial legislative apportionment (i.e., the drawing of legislative districts) at the time the state constitution was adopted. It provided a temporary schedule for how Alaska’s legislative districts would be established and function until a permanent apportionment could be created.
However, this article was later repealed, meaning:
It is no longer in effect.
Its purpose was transitional—to guide the state in its early years of statehood.
Once a permanent redistricting process was put into place (especially via later amendments and statutes), Article XIV became obsolete and was removed.
Key Historical Context:
Alaska became a state in 1959, and Article XIV was part of the original constitutional structure to manage early legislative representation.
The repeal reflects the state's transition to a standardized and ongoing redistricting process, which is now governed by current constitutional provisions (mainly Article VI, Section 10, which established the Redistricting Board).
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