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LakeSuperiorView

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3. The 6th is the least compact, so it would likely go and the area be absorbed into the surrounding

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Thu Jan 3, 2019, 04:59 PM

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districts. The districts immediately south of the 6th would likely drift north a bit, giving their southernmost areas up to other districts. And some renumbering would be likely - it doesn't make sense to have the 7th and 8th without a 6th.

But if we have to lose a district, getting rid of the gerrymandered 6th would be some solace.

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Would it be so bad to lose the 6th? LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #1

Would be nice but, of course, the lines would be drawn and that area question everything Jan 2019 #2

The 6th is the least compact, so it would likely go and the area be absorbed into the surrounding LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #3