Erik Reuter wrote: >So what, if anything, can be done? Some states already use alternative >systems that could be copied. Iowa lets civil servants draw new lines >without reference to incumbents or regional voting patterns (rather >as in Europe). Five other states hand redistricting authority over to >bipartisan commissions, sometimes with a neutral tie-breaker approved by >both parties. > Haven't they been trying to find an answer to this since 1812? Elbridge Gerry may have been the first, but he was hardly the best (worst?) at this sort of thing. We had our state government here kept incumbent for several terms using this method during the 1970s and 1980s. There have been all sorts of statistical models devised, but they all seem open to interpretation during implementation.
Cheers Russell C.
