[EM] Geographical districts

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Sep 4, 2008, at 3:34 PM, James Gilmour wrote:

> Those who would devise new schemes of electoral districts, especially
> to go with new voting systems, ignore the reality of these various  
> "geographically defined communities" at their peril.

There's a proposition on the November ballot in California that would  
establish an independent commission to draw (single-member) state  
legislative districts (the legislature draws them now). The list might  
be interested in the criteria specified for use by the commission.  
Sorry, I only have a scan and don't feel like typing it in.

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