It said: "Within the rules set out by the act, commissions can continue to take into account factors such as physical geographical features including mountains and rivers, local government boundaries and local ties, and the boundaries of existing constituencies.
Audience member 2: Hi, Kristin, I'm wondering, or others, what is the message or policy that you would see that would appeal to rebuild the republican party with either the NPP voters or other existing constituencies are among the core democratic party support, that would sort of revitalize the republican party in your view?
Hence, there were no existing constituencies - in the private sector, the environmental advocacy community, or government - for the status quo approach, because there was no status quo approach.
Your report about forthcoming Westminster constituency boundary changes (Constituency review 'will hit Labour hard', 29 August) suggests that only existing constituencies outside the new quota range are under threat.
As new districts were created by splitting existing constituencies within the same region, it was often possible to track back their districts of origin and to attribute the data accordingly, using the largest common denominator for the number of districts.
In 1983 the Boundaries Commission absorbed Heywood and Royton into existing constituencies, all with sitting Labour MPs, and Barnett was made a peer.
"It's hard to convince an elected official to alienate existing constituencies in order to make the world better in 15 years," Mr. Grumet said.
By using Facebook, Twitter and the like, and courting Web sites and bloggers, filmmakers are connecting with existing constituencies.
Sixteen existing constituencies would be wholly contained within new ones.
Boutique firms offer services to gather signatures for ballot initiatives, set up front groups, run PAC ads and convince existing constituencies to lend their names to campaigns.
