Instant Census?

[Nym90]

If no, please explain...this to me seems the fairest way to do things.

[ilikeverin]

I endorse this proposal

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

I do as well

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

I will put up a final poll betweeen the the instant census and the proposal that won the last poll.

[Fritz]

I agree, an instant census is the best way to proceed.  And just to show you all how easy this will be, I’ve already done it!!!

I’m working off the list of 92 registered voters that was posted by Wildcard in the “Attention all Governors” thread.  From that list, there are 3 names that I cannot find, either due to a change of name or deletion of user:

M, BRTD, Christopher Michael

I’m pretty sure Christopher Michael was deleted.  If anyone knows what happened to M or BRTD, help me out.

EDIT: Thanks guys.  I put M at Brandeis and Better Red than Dead back in the list below.  Also added Rococo4, the latest person to register.

There are 14 names on the list that I have found should be eliminated due to inactivity- no postings since April:

Apostle- April 21
ChiaHead- April 29
CmdrBond- April 19
Emsworth- April 27
Jftdem- January 29
Jravnsbro- April 24
Kghadial- April 23
Mossy- February 3
Mr. Fresh- March 2
Mr. President- April 11
Nader- April 10
Neil.A- April 30
PD- February 23
TomAtPitt- April 21

This leaves 78 active registered voters in my “instant census” (including all edited additions).  By state, alphabetically:

California (5): Brambila, Lt. Gov. Ford, JFK, Lunar, Wildcard
Connecticut (1): Dazzleman
District of Columbia (1): Michael Z
Florida (1): StatesRights
Georgia (1): GWBFan
Iowa (2): Hughento, Pbrunsell
Idaho (1): Immy
Illinois (1): DemRepDan
Kentucky (1): Klrbzzz
Louisiana (1): Cadienne
Massachusetts (5): Blerpiez, Gore for President, Lidaker (Swedish avatar), Migrendel, PollsAreCool
Maryland (2): Beet, NickG
Maine (2): KevinStat, Siege40 (Ontario avatar)
Michigan (2): 9iron768, Nym90
Minnesota (4): Better Red Than Dead, Fritz, Gustaf, IlikeVerin
Missouri (1): Opebo
Mississippi (1): Harry
North Carolina (3): Josh22, Kodratos, Nclib
New Hampshire (3): Justin, NHPolitico, Zachman
New Jersey (5): EmergingDMajority1, HockeyDude, Mas117, NixonNow, ZorkPolitics
New Mexico (1): WMS
New York (9): .Andrew, Boss Tweed, Defarge, Dunn (last post May 6), Huckleberry Finn, Kemporer, Mort from New Yawk, Nation, Shapeshifter
Ohio (2): Reaganfan, Rococo4
Oregon (4): Bejkguy, Khirkib, Lewis, NickSmith52
Pennsylvania (6): Bergie72, BullMoose88, DarthKosh (last post May 4), Esteban Manuel (last post May 1), Flyers2004, Supersoulty
Tennessee (1): Htmldon
Texas (2): Agcat, M at Brandeis (Mass avatar)
Virginia (3): Ben, DukeFan, MHS2002
Vermont (1): Umengus
Washington (2): Jesus, stevenNick99
West Virginia (1): Al
Wisconsin (3): Beef, Master Jedi, Texasgurl24

I don’t know exactly how you guys go about making maps with little numbers on them, but whoever wants to do that, here you go.  

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Both M and Better Red than Dead are active users....

M is the same as "M at Brandeis" who just registered in Massachusetts as UAC.

BRTD is registered in Minnesota (I think) with United Left.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

I looks like we will have to split New York from New England using this census as well.

[Nym90]

M is now "M at Brandeis", but he is still registered in Texas (by the way, if you are reading this M, you do need to either change your avatar to Texas or put a statement in your signature that you are registered in Texas for fantasy purposes).

BRTD is Better Red Than Dead (it was an abbreviation).

[Fritz]

M is now "M at Brandeis", but he is still registered in Texas (by the way, if you are reading this M, you do need to either change your avatar to Texas or put a statement in your signature that you are registered in Texas for fantasy purposes).

BRTD is Better Red Than Dead (it was an abbreviation).

Got it, and changes have been edited in my post.

[Peter]

Any attempt to remove PD from the electoral roll will be met with a call to arms by The Fans of PD Caucus.

[Nym90]

Oh, great, another rebellion.....

[Michael Z]

Any attempt to remove PD from the electoral roll will be met with a call to arms by The Fans of PD Caucus.

Maybe you should form your own party.

[JohnFKennedy]

Any attempt to remove PD from the electoral roll will be met with a call to arms by The Fans of PD Caucus.

Maybe you should form your own party.

They have a Caucus already.

[7,052,770]

Any attempt to remove PD from the electoral roll will be met with a call to arms by The Fans of PD Caucus.

and he's serious, really

[Peter]

I confirm that I am indeed serious.

I will remind you that the Highly Respected and Worshipful PD is in fact still Governor of California, as is evidenced by his great words:

Oh. Fine, I guess. I've been Governor of California ever since I joined this site, 3 or 4 months ago. Maybe it was 5, but I don't think so. I'll look. But anyway, I've been Gov. of CA ever since and I am now letting it be known to everyone that they can't have that position. It's mine, MINE YOU HEAR!

Don't mess with me - I'm the TROLL-IN-CHIEF

[KEmperor]

Sounds good to me.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Here is a possible 5-district map based on Fritz's instant census data.
Populations range from 15 to 17.  Still have to put New England with New Jersey.

[Fritz]

This is good, but districts 3 and 5 both have 15 residents.  South Dakota and Indiana have zero.  But its still a pretty even division, probably about as good as you can get.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

This is good, but districts 3 and 5 both have 15 residents.  South Dakota and Indiana have zero.  But its still a pretty even division, probably about as good as you can get.

In that case we might want to move ND, SD, NE, and KS into District 3, since District 5 has so many states already.

[Platypus]

District 3: Add ND, SD, NE, MT and WY
District 4: Add WV and MO
Distrcit 2: Add DE and MD

so new totals:

D1: 17
D2: 17
D3: 16
D4: 15
D5: 15

Whilst the populations still aren't perfect, at least the regions are of an appropriate size.

Although it would be pretty cool to have one regtion swamp the whole western half of the country

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

This would be OK with me, except it somehow seems weird to split DC from Maryland.

[Fritz]

I just noticed that on Nick's map, West Virginia sits right between three districts that have 15.   The state could go to any of the three.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

Yeah, I put WV in District 2 just b/c it only had two other states in it already.

[Gustaf]

Seems like a decent idea to me...PERHAPS, just perhaps it should be a longer period than 1 month though...or at least allow registering closer to elections.

On the map, and this is just a thought, perhaps some of us foreign members could consider moving from our current state if it helps create more logical maps? *Gives Michael with his stupid DC avatar an annoyed glare*