Re Will the fate of America's democracy be decided by this US supreme court case?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Ridgely Evers <rce () evers org>
> Date: October 3, 2017 at 3:35:59 PM EDT
> To: Farber David <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re Will the fate of America's democracy be decided by this US supreme court case?
>
> Interestingly, though SCOTUS won't take this into account, today's mapping data would enable an entirely algorithmic 
> mechanism for optimizing district boundaries according to a public ruleset.
>
> The rules could, for example, start with
> equal population +/- X%
> minimize perimeter
> respect natural boundaries (rivers, for example)
> maximize racial diversity
> etc.
>
> Then, the debate could focus on the rules, which is where it strikes me the focus should be.
>
> As I said, won't happen.  But it's nice to think about it.
>
> Best,
>
> --Ridge
>
> > On Oct 3, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Larry press <larrypress () gmail com>
> > > Date: October 3, 2017 at 12:39:42 PM EDT
> > > To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> > > Cc: ip <ip () listbox com>
> > > Subject: Re: [IP] Will the fate of America's democracy be decided by this US supreme court case?
> > > Reply-To: larrypress () gmail com
> > >
> > > > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Will the fate of America's democracy be decided by this US supreme court case?
> > >
> > > Gerrymandering dates back to the 18th century, but Internet data, GIS
> > > software and donors like the Koch brothers have improved and automated
> > > it.
> > >
> > > http://cis471.blogspot.com/2017/04/modern-internet-enabled-gerrymandering.html
> >
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