If on any circumstance the seat becomes vacant, by-elections are held within 90 days of the vacancy for both the Senate and the House.

Each member represents an electoral district and elected to a six-year term based on popular vote.

[3] The Article III of the Constitution of Liberia stipulates Legislature as one of the three branches of government that ought to be equal and coordinated based on the Principle of checks and balances.

The counties are further grouped into larger political subdivisions in the name provinces numbering four: Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern.

The national governmental services are made available to residents of province through the branch offices established in each provincial capital.

[citation needed] The legislature is mandated to convene on the first day of December, which coincides with the African liberty celebration.

[5] The qualifications for becoming a voter of the House of Representatives are the person should possess Liberian citizenship, should be aged at least 18 years old at the end of the registration period, should be registered on a voting roll, should be residing in the country during voter registration and on polling day.

The mandatory requirements for being a Representative of the House are Liberian citizen by origin and aged at least 25 years old.

In 1900, the House of Representatives, Liberian Senate and the cabinet opposed to the interior policies of the President Coleman, who resigned.

Tubman is accused of allowing illiterate members in the branch of the government, who acceded to all the demands of the President and were unaware of their power and responsibilities.

The amendment to constitution seeking representation for provinces made during May 1946 was seen as a measure to further dilute the powers of legislature.

[19] In December 2024, a fire broke out at the legislature building amid the attempted removal of House Speaker Jonathan F.