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Redistricting: Problem and Proposed Solution
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:49:45 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Stephen Unger <unger () cs columbia edu> Date: February 15, 2007 11:22:46 AM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Redistricting: Problem and Proposed Solution Redistricting is a perennial (used to be every decade, but now cropping up more often) problem that significantly distorts the political arena. For example, there are a number of states where,despite having received many fewer total votes in elections for the House,
the Republicans have won most of the seats as a result of gerrymandering. (Of course BOTH parties have done this sort of thing for two centuries.) Setting rules for redistricting is very difficult, even in principle. But there is a very nice mathematical solution that is inherently neutral,leaving no room for manipulation. I have just posted an article describing the problem and solution on my blog at: http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~unger/myBlog/endsandmeansblog.html (An earlier posting on the blog is a somewhat revised version of my e-voting article.) Steve ............ ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/@now Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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