North Carolina Redistricting

[WFFaithful]

 

[Wakeforest22890]

I love Jeff Jackson

 

[WFFaithful]

Not North Carolina, but Florida:

TALLAHASSEE
After spending nearly three years and millions of dollars defending its redistricting map, the Florida Senate gave up the fight Tuesday as it conceded for the first time that the courts were going to find it violated the state constitution.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article29133511.html

 

[Liquid Karma]

Which state does it all with a computer algorithm again? Colorado?

I know Republicans are scared of science and technology, but that seems the fairest way to do this.

 

[RChildress107]

Which state does it all with a computer algorithm again? Colorado?

I know Republicans are scared of science and technology, but that seems the fairest way to do this.

NC would look something like this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/03/this-computer-programmer-solved-gerrymandering-in-his-spare-time/

 

[Biff Tannen]

NC would look something like this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/03/this-computer-programmer-solved-gerrymandering-in-his-spare-time/

That Mecklenburg/Gaston County race would be a doozy.

 

[PhDeac]

I heart those compact districts so much.

 

[IamThunderbolt]

Is there any data that shows a probable distribution of power in those districts?

 

[dot com]

Is there any data that shows a probable distribution of power in those districts?

Well District 12 is the poorest, but they sent Katniss Everdeen.

 

[WFFaithful]

Ohio voting on bipartisan commission to draw districts

http://www.thenation.com/article/if...y-there-could-be-hope-for-american-democracy/

 

[PhDeac]

I guess bipartisan is a step but drawing districts should be an apolitical process based on population and existing lines. It could be done with the right with the right computer program by a few grad students at State U.

 

[Deacon923]

Ohio voting on bipartisan commission to draw districts

http://www.thenation.com/article/if...y-there-could-be-hope-for-american-democracy/

it passed. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2015/election/ohio-state-issue-1-redistricting.html

 

[TuffaloDeac10]

That'll cost the GOP some seats

 

[avalon]

The Democrats took control of the state Supreme Court in PA yesterday, which apparently means they get control over redistricting after the 2020 census.

BTW, it's pretty screwed up that so much control goes to the party that gets the most judges elected to the state Supreme Court.

 

[Wakeforest22890]

Electing judges is fucking inane.

 

[PhDeac]

The Democrats took control of the state Supreme Court in PA yesterday, which apparently means they get control over redistricting after the 2020 census.

BTW, it's pretty screwed up that so much control goes to the party that gets the most judges elected to the state Supreme Court.

Agreed. But I can't think of a good bipartisan way to have a standing Supreme Court.

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

I guess bipartisan is a step but drawing districts should be an apolitical process based on population and existing lines. It could be done with the right with the right computer program by a few grad students at State U.

Exactly.

 

[DeacLaw05]

Electing judges is fucking inane.

What better system is there? Appointing judges is just as political, if not more so, due to the back room nature of the selection process.

 

[Milhouse]

feats of strength

 

[Wakeforest22890]

What better system is there? Appointing judges is just as political, if not more so, due to the back room nature of the selection process.

At least appointing someone generally has a vetting process and involves people who have actual knowledge of a potential judge's temperament in the courtroom and stances on certain topics. The average voter doesn't know shit about either candidate they're voting for as they relate to being a fair and impartial arbiter of disputes. I would consider myself very politically engaged and I never voted in judicial elections in NC because it's difficult to even get information about the candidates most of the time. Unless you're an attorney or someone who interacts with these peiple on a daily basis the sole driving factor for who you're going to vote for is "are they endorsed by republicans or democrats?"