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The only part of the decision that gives me hope is that it was 7-2. That leads me to think that there is a corrective action afoot for the future. Further the timing of the NC decision was extremely tight for a redraw in time for qualifying next month.
I personally wish the whole process was turned over to a computer program that looked at population and nothing more - completely remove the human bias.
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Ombligo wrote: ...
I personally wish the whole process was turned over to a computer program that looked at population and nothing more - completely remove the human bias.
Ummm, who do you think creates the computer programs? Part of the really extreme gerrymandering that has been happening in the last few decades is due to use of computer programs that have been used to identify groups one side or another wants put into specific districts. It won't take just a computer program,it will need an agreement on an algorithm by all parties that is "fair". And that last part is a "human bias".
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I'm with Ombligo. Yes, there we be some sort of fight over the algorithm but it would still be a hell of a lot better.
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The computer program would be as simple and transparent as possible - look at voting age census population, nothing more. No input of political parties, race, etc. Simply divide the sate into as many equal population districts as needed, making them as compact as possible. That is a program that code be coded by many high school students.
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For those who think a single algorithm can fix this, listen to the podcast.
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sekker wrote:
For those who think a single algorithm can fix this, listen to the podcast.
Haven't listened to the podcast, but am well aware that there is no such thing as a simple algorithm for dealing with any population demographics. As an example, I have seen a "simple algorithm" used to split a community down the middle so that neither group was large enough to have influence in an election or afterwards with the elected official. In one case it was right down the middle of a street, neighbors across the street had different representatives in local, state and sometimes for Congress.
As for O's case that it could be simple enough to be coded by high school students, ridiculous at the best.
