The New York Times has this op-ed by former New York State Senator Seymour P. Lachman, making a compelling case for taking the drawing of legislative districts out of the hands of the legislators. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s ElectionLawBlog for the link.
The New York Times has this op-ed by former New York State Senator Seymour P. Lachman, making a compelling case for taking the drawing of legislative districts out of the hands of the legislators. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s ElectionLawBlog for the link.
the NYS Constitution already has most of the gerrymander issues cover — Cuomo refuses to defend the state constitution and of course the state and federal courts are totally corrupt. The more things fall apart over the next few months the better for the chance of real reform — i.e. enforcing the existing state constitution.
P.R. and A.V. in ALL regimes — before it is too late — and the minority rule gerrymander party hacks pass certain type laws.
See the 1773 Tea Tax Act in the U.K.
Things happened.
See the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act in the U.S.A.
Things happened.
Another tired old progressive canard: let emiment experts do it.
Why let people choose for themselves? Draw the boxes any which way. The let people trade places virtually by electronically trading ballots on election day. In other words, If I live in District One I can arrange in advance to swap my ballot in District One with a voter in District Three. Then when I show up at the poll on election day a computer controlled printer gives me a ballot for District Three and the other voter gets a ballot for District One.
If just a few percent of voters swap ballots among themselves, the effects of gerrymandering could be nullified. No more “safe” districts for ten years.