[EM] Re: Deterministic Districting

2005-01-10 Thread Ted Stern
On 7 Jan 2005 at 17:41 PST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> A third point is that there is no way for Proportional Representation to be >> implemented until the legislative process can be scaled up (fairly and >> openly) to 500, 1000 or 1 representatives. This is a deep issue. > > It could be impl

[EM] Re: Deterministic Districting

2005-01-07 Thread RLSuter
> A third point is that there is no way for Proportional Representation to be > implemented until the legislative process can be scaled up (fairly and > openly) to 500, 1000 or 1 representatives. This is a deep issue. It could be implemented easily enough in large population states using any

Re: [EM] Re: Deterministic Districting

2005-01-07 Thread Dr. Ernie Prabhakar
On Jan 7, 2005, at 3:01 PM, Ted Stern wrote: The Iowa plan has worked well for 20-odd years: http://www.centrists.org/pages/2004/07/7_buck_trust.html There is a similar method in place in Washington State. Hey, *I* like it. But reading that article, it seems to require a certain level of

[EM] Re: Deterministic Districting

2005-01-07 Thread Ted Stern
On 7 Jan 2005 at 14:43 PST, Ernie Prabhakar wrote: > Any other thoughts? I can't help but think that some sort of > 'four-color' theorem might be relevant, but I'm darned if I know how... The Iowa plan has worked well for 20-odd years: http://www.centrists.org/pages/2004/07/7_buck_trust.h