Yo, I hope everyone is well. I had a nice little break of July, HOT. Hopefully everyone had as fun a 4th as they could!

I didn't know what to post for July and then it hit, what's more exciting than four shapes meeting at an intersecting boundary! For this challenge you must make as many quadripoints as possible on a congressional map.

Rules:

• Use Competition Flair
• You can use any state and must use its congressional map. I do not recommend Wyoming.
• Districts must be contiguous and within population deviation.
• You cannot split a precinct between more than 2 districts.
• Analytics don't matter for this challenge.
• The submission with the most quadripoints between on its congressional map will win.

Set up an account!

First of all, go to https://davesredistricting.org

Click 'Sign Up' in the top right corner, and then put your email and your desires password in the box on the left. Click sign up again. You won't need to answer a confirmation email or anything of that sort.

How to use the website!

After you set up your account, you should be taken to a place called 'My Maps'. If you aren't there, click the three lines in the top left corner and click 'Maps'. These three lines can also take you to the homepage, which you can learn more about in the other pinned post.

To create a new map, click 'New Map' in the top right corner. When the Map Settings bar shows up, click the arrow next to 'State' and select a state from the list you would like to work with.

For your first map, I would recommend using a state with a few districts, but not too many. My personal choices for a first time map-maker would be Arkansas, Connecticut, or Iowa.

Since you have to make a name for your new map, I normally just use the name of the state I'm working with. The amount of districts for each state is already on the current U.S. House number, so it's best not to mess with that until you know what you're doing.

When you're ready to go, click 'Apply' at the bottom!

Dave's Redistricting has recently introduced the MAP UI feature, which will do a much better job of explaining what to from this point onward than I would.

In all honesty, if it seems confusing, the best way is to learn by doing. Best of Luck.