The House of Representatives - County representation
The 64 House seats are distributed among Liberia's fifteen counties based on its total number of registered voters. Each county is guaranteed by law to have at least two seats. The current seat distribution among the counties is as follows:
Leadership structure
A Speaker , who is elected by fellow House members, is the body's presiding officer. He is assisted by a Deputy Speaker and other officers whose purpose is to ensure that the House functions properly. On 13 January 2006 , 63 out of 64 House members met to elect their leaders.
The Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and other officers may be removed from office by resolution of a two-thirds majority of House members.
Snowe resigned in February 2007, and on April 6 , 2007 Alex Tyler was elected Speaker, receiving 32 votes against 27 votes for Edward Ford.
Current members
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