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Virginia State Senator Kevin Miller (R-20) was among state legislators and legislative staff from throughout the country to meet in Annapolis, Md., Nov. 10-12 for the fall meeting of the Assembly on the Legislature (AOL) of the National Conference of State Legislatures
Eight AOL standing committees and three task forces met to discuss a variety of issues that are being debated in state legislatures. Sen. Miller was one of five members of the Joint Reapportionment Committee of the Virginia General Assembly who were in attendance.
The constitutional requirement that Virginia’s congressional and general, assembly districts be redrawn in accordance with the population count resulting from the 1990 federal census makes it necessary that the Joint Reapportionment Committee be prepared to expedite the reapportionment process, Sen.
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