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Gerrymandering Using Census Clustering And GIS

Posted by timothy on from the as-if-incumbents-need-much-help dept.

dpplgngr writes "According to this BBC article, Map redrawing angers U.S. Democrats, Republicans in Texas are making use of Census data and mapping software to redraw districts, signficantly altering the election process, and resulting in the lowest overturn of incumbents in history."

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  1. There is only one way to fix it by infonography · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Simple technical solution. Actually a Geometry solution. Make no district with more then 6 corners. Include the borders of a state in that requirement. Make them any size you want but six corners max. Anything else is gerrymandering.

    Count this as a published patent.

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