Under Iowa law, a nonpartisan arm of the legislature draws the maps, using computer programs to create compact and contiguous districts that disregard partisanship and incumbency.
The proposed state comprises some districts of West Bengal and other contiguous districts of Assam.
She said "traditional districting principles" like keeping districts compact, contiguous and within existing political subdivisions could provide such a "race-neutral" rationale.
Pieria was bounded on the West from the contiguous district of the Thessalian Perrhaebia by the great chain of Olympus.
On eastern side the contiguous district is DIK.
The creation of contiguous districts is the most widely accepted and uncontroversial criterion.
Every state requires contiguity, and in 1842, Congress passed the first federal law that mandated the drawing of contiguous Congressional districts.
She said his concern for compact, contiguous districts - while part of the Charter - should not take precedence over the main charge of the commission.
Ypsilanti has the second largest contiguous historic district in the state of Michigan, behind only the much larger city of Grand Rapids.
Selma boasts the state's largest contiguous historic district, with over 1,250 structures.
