Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:07:16 -0800 From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [EM] Deterministic Districting
Mike wrote ...
Well, it's not really deterministic (in the sense that the results are repeatable), but one could could put the districting maps on the ballot along with the candidate. Each candidate could provide their own districting map (or use their party's map), and have the voters decide which one they liked the best. They could then use that map in the election to count the votes for various offices.
Forest replies ...
Yes, let the candidates (and any others who want to) submit their favorite redistricting proposal, and then choose from among them, not by voting, but by applying some objective standard of compactness ... minimal total number of traffic lanes cut by the boundaries, minimal total boundary length in some appropriate metric, minimal average distance between members of the same district where the distance is some combination of cost, time, and taxicab mileage, etc.
Forest
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