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		onewaystreet on Sept 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gerrymandering and a cure for it – the shortest sp... Gerrymandering is an intentional act carried out by politicians, not one of happenstance. It's not something that can be cured with algorithms.

gjm11 on Sept 30, 2015 [–]

I take it the proposal is that there should be a law requiring that such-and-such an algorithm be used. That would take away the politicians' power to gerrymander.

(Of course it would also need to be voted for by the same politicians who presumably won by gerrymandering. Good luck with that.)

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