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This Manual is a comprehensive reference for persons engaged in drawing and evaluating state and municipal election plans. It identifies and addresses practical questions and concerns and furnishes case studies as illustrations. This brief chapter is intended to help users identify and access specific information in certain chapters ahead as well as in the supplemental online Repository that houses information, tools, and templates at https://GitHub.com. There one will find additional updated content about terminology, the conceptual foundations and objectives of redistricting, and assorted tools and templates for accomplishing specific redistricting tasks.

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Morrison, P.A., Bryan, T.M. (2019). Overview and Users’ Guide. In: Redistricting: A Manual for Analysts, Practitioners, and Citizens. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15827-9_1

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