On May 8, the voters of Ohio passed Measure One, which will minimize partisan gerrymandering for U.S. House districts. See this story. The vote was 75% in favor.
On May 8, the voters of Ohio passed Measure One, which will minimize partisan gerrymandering for U.S. House districts. See this story. The vote was 75% in favor.
Bipartisan this, bipartisan that – a role for independents and 3rd parties is still ignored!
Individual voters could choose a CD in which vote regardless of partisan bias in drawing CD boundaries. A voters assigned to one CD could, in effect, swap their ballot with a voter in another CD. Where voter registration occurs a computer program could match voters seeking to swap CD ballots. The swap would be recorded in the respective voter’s registration ID.
On election day when a voter presents their ID to receive a ballot, the poll worker would verify which CD the voter was entitled vote and write-in the correct CD number on the ballot. The voter could then write-in the name of candidate for U S Rep. he preferred. One person, one vote per CD is preserved.
This procedure is not really novel since it is analogous to receiving a ballot for one party or another to vote in a closed or semi-open primary election. The difference is that all exchanges take place in advance and reciprocally balance the number of potential voters in each CD.
It only means that partisan redistricting every ten years will now be bipartisan redistricting every four. A similar nonpartisan bill put forth by the LoWV failed a few years ago.
@Gene, How would you implement a role for independents or third parties?
@DFR,
What would happen if the voter you had swapped with dies or moves out of the state?
More MORON reformers at work — more BRAINWASHING of the Public.
1/2 or less votes x 1/2 new age revised rigged districts = 1/4 or less CONTINUE to CONTROL.
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PR and AppV = REAL reforms
This so-called improvement is that SEVERELY unfair plans will have to go through several steps to be implemented. The article says “severely”. Read it. This does not really end any form of “Gerrymandering”. Common Cause is deluding themselves and the public by its actions in favour of “non-partisan” single-member district drawing. The ONLY way to end Gerrymandering is by adoption of multi-seat districts (the more seats, the fairer) using Proportional Representation to allocate the seats. See http://www.BetterElections123.us