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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: November 09, 2021, 09:47:06 AM »
That's pretty vague language honestly, as "feasible" and "make use of" are highly subjective terms. A gerrymandering-friendly court seems like it can easily make a mockery of them.

Really, the rule should be laid out clearly:
1. Any county and any municipality (in states where municipal boundaries make sense) must have as many districts fully contained within it as the lower integer of its population divided by the population of the average district.
2. The total number of counties and municipalities with a population smaller than the average district to be split between multiple districts must not exceed the total number of districts in the state minus one.

These are rules with actual teeth that make intuitive sense and are effective at ensuring respect of existing boundaries.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2021, 06:31:53 AM »
Quote from: Oryxslayer on December 30, 2021, 08:54:08 PM


NY continues it's slow march towards the D-mander.

IIRC there is no constitutional process for when the commission fails to agree on a map? The redistricting amendment put up last November was supposed to establish that, but it failed. So what happens now?
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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E: -7.87, S: -3.83

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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2021, 06:49:42 AM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on December 31, 2021, 06:34:50 AM
Quote from: Doctor V on December 31, 2021, 06:31:53 AM
Quote from: Oryxslayer on December 30, 2021, 08:54:08 PM


NY continues it's slow march towards the D-mander.

IIRC there is no constitutional process for when the commission fails to agree on a map? The redistricting amendment put up last November was supposed to establish that, but it failed. So what happens now?

I think either a 2/3rds vote in the state legislature or some judge. A judge drew their current map.

Either way, it is worth noting that a hard gerrymander is gonna be extremely difficult to pull off here. Democrats just barely have 2/3rd majority in the Senate and I'm sure some people will have parochial concerns stopping them from going all in. Worth noting before Dems on this thread get their hopes up.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2022, 05:53:15 AM »
Quote from: Roll Roons on January 10, 2022, 06:05:26 PM
FWIW:


If that's the case then why not accept the Commission Democratic map? It served Democratic interests pretty decently while not being a crazy gerrymander.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2022, 07:22:10 PM »
Oh boy. They really went all in.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2023, 12:53:49 PM »
What is this case even about? Didn't the GOP already get what they wanted with the court-ordered map last cycle?
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