[EM] WSJ Gerrymander story
Adam Tarr
atarr at purdue.edu
Mon Mar 18 19:12:14 PST 2002
A large amount of Gerrymandering could be prevented by a very simple rule
such as:
"A county may only be part of at most two districts that contain other
counties."
This would prevent the most blatant Gerrymandering, although it would
certainly not stop it altogether. You could combine it with some rough
convexity-type rules for a more thorough Gerrymander-prevention package.
The only thing which will really prevent Gerrymandering is proportional
representation, though.
-Adam
-Adam
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