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elections except in those states which have elected all

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their congressmen at-large prior thereto.

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Now, of course, when we require in the proposed

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language of 3.03(b) that the State be divided into

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congressional districts, we are consistent with what the

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Congress has agreed to thus far.

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I think the question of "compact and contiguous"

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is one of historical significance more than any other

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thing. . We know what something is when it is contiguous.

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I am not sure that anyone knows how one can effectively

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apply the requirement of compactness.

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The thing that I think would interest the

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Committee of the Whole is the sentence beginning on -- the

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second sentence of 3.03(b), "The difference between the

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populations of the largest and smallest congressional

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districts in the State shall not exceed ten percent of the

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mean population of all congressional districts."

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That means that once the number of congressmen

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has been determined for the State, that that number is

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divided into the number of people in the State where you get

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the mean population of an exact congressional district