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I think gerrymandering is an awful process, but one that is the right of legislatures to make. I challenge you to protest the Democrats just as fiercely as you did the Republicans for doing the same in Texas.
I would also challenge you (and maybe you already have...and let me know if thats the case!) to come up with a legislative solution for redistricting that is consitutional and avoids racial or partisan gerrymandering.
I personally feel that courts have taken over the legislative duty to redistrict, but the process is obviously partisan in nature. I think the Framers of the Constitution intended districts to represent actual regional areas with common interests. The idea of common interests = political persuasion is a stretch, but so is the idea of racial districting.
I'm not arguing with you, just curious what your thoughts are...and any ideas you have.

Posted by: Adam at December 23, 2004 09:49 AM

Adam, redistricting is in most states a partisan, and frequently vicious, process.

That being said, there have been rules to this.

One of them is that it's done once every 10 years, and doing it more often because you now have the votes is a bad thing.

FWIW, I think that Dems should use the initiative petition process in red states (Repugs can try it in the blue) to make fairer districts.

The two standards that I would suggest, and it is either/or are:
* Follow municipal and county boundaries as much as possible.
* Use a computer and draw the boundaries such that the length is at a minimum.

The fact that less than 10% of congressional seats are competitive is a national disgrase.

Kristof wrote about this in the NY Times.

Posted by: Matthew Saroff at December 23, 2004 09:58 AM

Matt- great ideas.
The only problems I see are major metro areas where "municipal boundaries" may be difficult to stick to. The Computer model idea would work better in those areas.

Posted by: Adam at December 23, 2004 10:27 AM

I like the Iowa system. It's quite amazing that in 2002 Iowa had more competetive congressional elections (4) than Texas and California combined (3).

Posted by: Byron_LaMasters at December 23, 2004 01:28 PM

I think it is Iowa I like too -
Gosh politics stinks and it should not. How can we be governed by corruption.
Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota has a good article in WaPo - I accessed it through Buzzflash and I agree 100%

Posted by: Nancy at December 23, 2004 05:23 PM

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December 23, 2004

Re-redistricting in Georgia?

By Byron LaMasters