[EM] Geographical districts

[Jonathan Lundell]

On Sep 4, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Jonathan Lundell wrote:

> 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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