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AORN Journal,  March, 2002  

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NOTES

(1.) United States Census 2000 Informational Copy, form D-61B (Washington, DC: US Bureau of the Census, 2000).

(2.) Constitution of the United States, Article 1, Section 2.

(3.) "The constitution, the congress, and the census: Representation and reapportionment," US Bureau of the Census, http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/dropin7.htm (accessed 30 Jan 2002).

(4.) E McCormick, L Freedberg, "State Gets Political Clout from Census: California, Neighbors Gaining House Seats," San Francisco Chronicle (Dec 29, 2000) http:// www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive /2000/12/29/MN171843.DTL (accessed 30 Jan 2002).

(5.) "Ending the canoe districts in Hawaii is not that tough," West Hawaii Today (Sept 14, 2001), http://www .westhawaiitoday.com/daily/2001/Sep-14-Fri-2001/opinion/ (accessed 5 Feb 2002).

(6.) K Prewitt, personal communication with the author, Denver, 4 Feb 2002.

(7.) "Glossary of redistricting terms," National Committee for an Effective Congress, http://www .ncec.org/redistricting/glossary.phtml (accessed 29 Jan 2002).

(8.) "GIS dictionary--Search results: Gerrymandering," Association for Geographic Information, http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidexe/term? 1063 (accessed 29 Jan 2002).

(9.) W W Hearne, "Methods to madness: Alternative schemes for single-member redistricting," Center for Voting and Democracy, http://www.fairvote.org /reports/monopoly/redist.html (accessed 29 Jan 2002).

(10.) J Eilperin, "Redistricting Rattles In-House Hopes," Washington Post, 31 Dec 2001, sec A, 3.

(11.) Ibid.

(12.) Hearne, "Methods to madness: Alternative schemes for single-member redistricting."

BURKE BEU
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST

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