https://www.npr.org/2019/05/03/720047669/federal-court-throws-out-ohios-congressional-map
Too bad it only took them 10 years and 4 elections to do it, at least they're doing this ahead of 2020, too bad this isn't along the state supreme court like pennsylvania, the supreme court is probably going to overturn all of these recent rulings no matter how many federal judges rule against gerrymandering
idea for fixing gerrymandering: no two points on a district may be within one mile of each other (one being variable)
I don't know if I'm misunderstanding you or if you really didn't think this through
Just use five extra dimensions, simple, duh!
hm?
Basically what I'm saying that for a district placed on a 2D map, any two corners/points on the district cannot be less than one(or 2 or 3 w/e) mile to eachother. It would forbid having lots of zigzagging through city blocks.
Don't you mean they cannot be more than one mile away from each other? Or am I stupid?
Problem is that due to the fact districts must have nearly equal population, the density of some cities creates extremely small districts like this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/New_York_US_Congressional_District_10_%28since_2013%29.tif/lossless-page1-1920px-New_York_US_Congressional_District_10_%28since_2013%29.tif.png
I don’t think that would be at all sufficient, as it could place limitations on the districting of areas with very high population density, and the rule could perhaps be easily disregarded by using curves rather than vertices.
Best idea? Look at how other countries do it. The Commonwealth of Australia’s bureaucracy has a notably high degree of autonomy from elected government, and the redistribution committees do not have any partisan members at all; only bureaucrats acting within a set of principles. There are no arbitrary rules to follow; they simply keep politicians away from the process.
Not a bad job they did on Sydney
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/226043/ecbfc707-abb6-4f56-a64d-55c842d8863b/86F91684-0D5A-428A-AFB3-EDCBBD04FE61.png
exceptions could possibly be granted on the result of a vote of the people within the district; the vote determining whether or not to accept the district map
Pictured: Fuck Democracy
I don’t think that would be a good idea either. Imagine an island with just two districts. The voters in one district are happy with the districting lines, but the voters in the other district disapprove of the districting. So the boundaries are redrawn to satisfy the voters in the latter district, but now the voters in the former district are unhappy. And the boundaries are re-drawn again. It’s a feedback loop.
if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, shits itself in congress like Jim Jordan, then it must be the Ohio 4th.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/United_States_Congressional_Districts_in_Texas%2C_2005%E2%80%932006.tif/lossless-page1-1280px-United_States_Congressional_Districts_in_Texas%2C_2005%E2%80%932006.tif.png
Got too many Mexicans on your border? Just extend their districts (28, 25, 15, 27 at the bottom) into central Texas to dilute them with Republican votin' white people.
It's such common knowledge we literally call the districts "The Fajita Strips". And people wonder why young Americans are either pissed or apathetic.
Also I couldn't find a more recent map but I am certain they are still there.
http://image.pennlive.com/home/penn-media/width600/img/politics_impact/photo/pa-congressional-map-jpg-b987a30e710abaefjpg-3db8a039b2ba9a56.jpg
Pictured here: Goofy Kicking Donald Duck
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