On 12/3/2012 5:00 AM, Jonathan Denn wrote:
Fair Redistricting or Ending Gerrymandering is always a great
"grievance" among electoral reformers. But the "solution" is
> much more elusive. Do you folks ever venture into that area?
Yes. "VoteFair ranking" includes "VoteFair representation ranking" and
"VoteFair partial-proportional ranking" which, together, eliminate the
need to care about where district boundaries are drawn (as long as they
contain the same number of eligible voters).
Here is a web page that gives an overview and contains links to the details:
http://www.votefair.org/calculation_details.html
To clarify, some other election-method experts (here and elsewhere)
advocate trying to make the district-boundary-drawing process as "fair"
as possible, such as by using mathematics or an "impartial jury." In
contrast, I advocate using a method that produces roughly equivalent
results regardless of where the boundaries are drawn.
The European PR (proportional representation) systems also use this
gerrymandering-resistant approach. However, PR uses single-mark
ballots. The result is that PR looks good based on measuring the party
balance in parliament, yet PR elects the wrong candidates from the major
parties.
Richard Fobes
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