In this day and age, virtually all redistricting done by people is by
definition corrupt in my view.
There's no reason why it can't be done by a computer program, using GIS and
census data -- but without any political affiliation data. We would end up
with political-party neutral, and much fairer districts.
But I know it's not going to happen in my lifetime. Politicians are too
self-centered to actually put the public first.
--
Chris Johnson
Fulton
That just changes the issue to "who gets hired to write that
computer program?"
The votes in Ohio last year were "counted" by a neutral, non-human
computer system, remember?
Designed by Diebold, chaired by Bush's state campaign committee chair.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
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