re: #218 goddamnedfrank

We need to come up with some basic mathematical rules for what can constitutes a valid electoral district. The first one that comes to mind that would address obvious abuses like this is to set a maximum ratio for circumference (ie total combined length of the district’s border in km) divided by the area in square km. The ideal ratio would be that of a circle or π [ C / (2 π ) ]**2 = A. So we set some realistic multiple of that we can attain while also having every district contain the same amount of constituents +/- something like 2% and let a computer crunch it down to a best fit.

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I’d make districts reset every 10 years based on voting records and set the computer up to draw out zones that are close to 50-50 as possible with no district to be lower than 60-40. Take the party in control at the time out of it all and let it be based on voters.