SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTexas Republicans unveil congressional map that could gift them five seatswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldpolitics@beehaw.org
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkTexas Republicans unveil congressional map that could gift them five seatswww.theguardian.comSpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square2linkfedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldpolitics@beehaw.org
minus-squareNednarb44@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI don’t understand how we don’t use a third party, non partisan entity to draw district maps. Gerrymandering should be illegal, its so obviously against the spirit of democracy.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoLike a computer algorithm that groups the people of a state into “shortest overall path” districts.
I don’t understand how we don’t use a third party, non partisan entity to draw district maps. Gerrymandering should be illegal, its so obviously against the spirit of democracy.
Like a computer algorithm that groups the people of a state into “shortest overall path” districts.