[EM] Redistricting, now with racial demographics

[James Gilmour]

If one of the requirements is to secure representation within a state for the significant (racial) minorities within that state,
would it not make much more sense to start with a voting system that had such an objective rather than engage in deliberate
distortion of district boundaries in an attempt to overcome the deficiencies of a voting system designed for a completely different
purpose?

James Gilmour


Brian Olson  > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:39 PM
> As this isn't something I really want it's going to be hard to get  
> motivated to work it out.
> That said I think the way to go about it is to make unbiased districts  
> by my current district, then pick one district with the highest  
> proportion of the desired minority to elevate and adjust all the  
> districts until that one has a majority of the desired minority.  
> Repeat one district at a time until there are enough (some states  
> require two or three I think).
> 
> > On Jul 16, 2009, at 6:46 PM, Raph Frank wrote:
> > Are you considering updating the algorithm to include majority
> > minority districts?
> >
> > This would potentially decrease the legal issues with using it for  
> > districting.


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