[EM] Geographical districts

[Stéphane Rouillon]

Can't the municipal level respond to the preocupations of these 
"geographically defined communities" and the national/provincial/federal 
level answer to other considerations?

>From: Jonathan Lundell <jlundell at pobox.com>
>To: jgilmour at globalnet.co.uk
>CC: 'Election Methods Mailing List' <election-methods at electorama.com>
>Subject: Re: [EM] Geographical districts
>Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:21:49 -0700
>
>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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