REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS; ADJUSTMENT OF DISTRICTS.
El Paso City Charter, art. II, § 2.4
in effectSection 2.4 - REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS; ADJUSTMENT OF DISTRICTS.
A. Number of Districts. There shall be eight Representative districts. The Representative districts shall be of substantially equal population. One Representative shall be elected from each of the Representative districts established by the Council. Each district shall be numbered; for example, "Representative District No. 1." At such time when the results of a decennial United States census shows the population of the City to be one million or more, the Council may take the appropriate action to increase the number of District Representatives from eight to ten.
B. Districting Commission. On or before September 1 next following the publication of the results of each decennial United States census, each Representative shall nominate one qualified voter from his or her district and the Mayor shall nominate one qualified voter from the City at large. Upon approval by the Council, these nominees shall comprise the Districting Commission. The Commission shall elect its own presiding officer. The nominees chosen shall not serve the City in any other capacity, whether appointive or elective, nor shall they hold any other elective public office. The Commission shall make recommendations to the Council concerning adjustments of the boundaries of the Representative districts. Upon receiving the Commission's recommendations, the Council shall review the population of each district, and as soon as possible, shall change the boundaries thereof as necessary to insure substantial equality in the populations of the districts. In addition, the Council may change the boundaries of the Representative districts more often than after each decennial census, as necessary to insure substantial equality in the populations of such Representative districts. All such changes shall be made in a manner which complies with the constitutional principles and laws governing voting rights of the United States and Texas.
Source: City of El Paso, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/el_paso/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH_ARTIINOEL_S2.4REDIADDIFetched: 10/28/2026