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					Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop  Congressional districting blows for everyone involved except the incumbents.  In my world, this is how it would work: Every time there's redistricting, everyone can submit a redistricting plan for a given state.  The one that's picked meets these mathematical criteria: The population of every district in the state is no more than 1% more than the population of any other district in the state, and the total length of the borders of the districts are the shortest of any plan submitted. | 
	
 that doesn't explain 08 or 10 though does it?