Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Agilemind …politicians/lobbists. (You could even add a clause that redistricting can only be triggered by a successful referendum by the… people affected or that a new proposed redistricting has to be approved by the affected people). Plus… hired by the agency's own system and all redistricting is done by employees hired by the independent agency,… Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Agilemind Regardless of the rules, politicians will find a way to exploit them for their own end. We really need to take redistricting out of the hands of politicians and into an independent agency who's leader has to be approved by all major parties. Re: What kind of ballots does your state use? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by VernonDozier … electoral college for the presidency, but that doesn't affect redistricting. Re: Voting online Community Center Geeks' Lounge by Reverend Jim … Texas Legislature were controlled by large Republican majorities, and their redistricting decisions were designed to increase the Republican Party’s electoral… Re: Trump Community Center Geeks' Lounge by Reverend Jim …. Apparently GOP officials had stated at the start of the redistricting that they wanted the lines drawn to guarantee 10 Republican… Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Reverend Jim I've been following the latest efforts (in the US) of the GOP to unfairly redraw electoral boundaries and was considering how simple a law could be worded to ensure a more fair allocation of electoral districts. What I came up with is: 1. All boundary lines must consist of straight line segments 1. No district may contain an inside angle of … Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by rproffitt We're not a democracy. The US is an Oligarchy. https://www.google.com/search?as_st=y&tbm=isch&as_q=oligarchy We moved from democracy to oligarchy over the past decade and I don't see it going back soon. More at https://www.thebalance.com/oligarchy-countries-list-who-s-involved-and-history-3305590 Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Reverend Jim Technically you were never a democracy. You were a republic. There are subtle but [important differences](https://blog.prepscholar.com/republic-vs-democracy-difference). Differences notwithstanding, you are still pretty much f\*\*ked. Not that we're that far behind you on the curve. Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Reverend Jim A slightly less restrictive but (I hope) still fair policy might be: 1. All boundary lines must consist of straight line segments 1. No district may have a major axis greater than 1.5 times its minor axis 1. The major and minor axes must lie entirely within the district Any topologists out there who can confirm the fairness of this? Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Agilemind You still have the problem of densely populated liberal cities surrounded by sparsely populated conservative ones. If the main goal is still to have equal numbers of people in each district do you make a donut around the city? Do you slice it up like a pie? Either of those will violate some of your rules. Another simple solution is to say that … Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Reverend Jim It seems that a further restriction would be that each district must have a population between two bounds. Densely populated urban areas would have smaller districts. Rural districts would have larger districts. At least my plan would eliminate the [jigsaw districts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2EnuHsRJd4). No plan is perfect but surely we can… Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Reverend Jim An independant agency would be composed of individuals, and these individuals all have political leanings. The judiciary is supposed to be apolitical but we've seen the GOP delay appointments under the Obama administration so they could pack the courts with right-wing judges. Re: Redistricting and Gerrymandering Community Center by Reverend Jim With new voting rights legislation proposed (supposedly including an end to gerrymandering) how about this as a simple guideline. 1. The smallest rectangle that contains a district cannot be more than 1.5 times in one dimension than the other. 1. The area within the rectangle must be at least 95% district.