Posted on Sep 17, 2017
Fight over electoral district boundaries heads to top U.S. court
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Why can't this easily be fixed using a non-partisan computer program that draws districts in a manner that is as fair as possible to all. The districts could be drawn using counties and neighborhood boundaries in larger cities with multiple districts. The state governments would have not input anymore to the districts. This should be relatively simple to do and the program could easily be verified after each census to ensure neither party is secretly gerrymandering the districts.
I just hope the supreme court steps in and actually rules that gerrymandering of any kind is illegal.
I just hope the supreme court steps in and actually rules that gerrymandering of any kind is illegal.
Fight over electoral district boundaries heads to top U.S. court
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Computers aren't magical. They can only do what they're told to do. In other words, the programmers could influence the drawing of boundaries just as those that are drawn by human agents. Thus, we will always be faced with the Gordian Knot of defining "What is fair"?
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What would be nice would be to draw the district based ENTIRELY ON POPULATION without regard for race, political affiliation, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual identity, income, or in the case of Chicago corporeal existence.
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Sgt Wayne Wood
Not once the politicians got their hands on it... an Expert System wouldn't be able to manage the exceptions
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Gerrymandering has been an issues ever since voting districts were established! A district with the smallest possible perimeter would be fair. I detest districts that wander and extend in different directions!
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