New Hampshire Legislature Passes Bill for Independent Redistricting Commission

On June 13, the New Hampshire legislature passed HB 706. It sets up an independent redistricting commission, for drawing boundaries for U.S. House and state legislative districts. Thanks to Darryl Perry for this news.


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New Hampshire Legislature Passes Bill for Independent Redistricting Commission — 8 Comments

  1. I don’t know why people think this is such a panacea. You still end up with single member districts elected by plurality vote. IMO, a better solution to the gerrymandering problem is to create large, multi member districts based on existing, relevant boundaries. A good example of this would electing all the Representatives in Congress at large by state. Ranked choice, cumulative, or approval voting could be used to increase the opportunities for minorities.

  2. AUTOMATIC minority rule gerrymanders —

    whoever/whatever is making SMDs.

    1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4 = oligarchy.

    PR in ALL regimes.

  3. Jeff, that article you refer to was another bill, SB 8, which didn’t pass the whole legislature, just the Senate.

  4. The HACKS in the super-SMALL pop States love the ONE USA Rep minimum

    — OUR State HACK in the minority rule gerrymander USA H Reps.

  5. @Darryl: Would the redistricting commission continue with multi member districts? On what basis would they decide whether a district is multi member? And what about Congressional districts? I believe NH only has 2. Why NOT elected them at large?

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