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« on: August 14, 2017, 12:15:42 AM »

When there are multiple names do you want the British system with "and" or the Canadian system with "-". It's confusing to see both in the same list. You can also specify how names that are subdivisions of big cities are specified - do you mention the city or not. Compare Central Park to NYC Central Park or Manhattan Central Park, following the style of Vancouver Quadra.

I'm partial to the Canadian system myself. To be honest, when I've drawn fair maps, I try to think of how they could be named. Obviously, there will be some districts that don't have obvious names (typically large rural leftovers). From what I've gathered, I think we're mostly on the same page when it comes to general disdain for partisan gerrymandering. As for the latter, for a city like New York, I would lean more towards borough names over county/city names (though NYC is fairly unique in its organization).

To anyone that may be more knowledgeable in terms of law than I am, is there anything that establishes that congressional districts have numbers instead of names or is it just convention? Would there be anything stopping a state from naming their districts instead of numbering them?

I think Massachusetts is the closest to naming districts, sort of hybridizing numbering and the British system.
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