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« on: September 23, 2021, 11:10:03 AM »
« edited: September 28, 2021, 09:00:45 AM by Senator OBD »

Just remembered this idea from a while back. Are people still interested?

Some more context - we'd get some people to act like a redistricting commission for one or multiple states and have maps drawn. There'd probably need to be partisan balance, which could be done if enough Republicans participate or if some red avs roleplay as Republicans.

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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2021, 11:16:51 AM »

Yes
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2021, 11:21:40 AM »

Yes I’d love to. How do we decide who’s on the commission?
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2021, 11:44:48 AM »

Yup.
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2021, 01:42:43 PM »

Yes I’d love to. How do we decide who’s on the commission?
Would probably be balanced by partisanship somehow.
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2021, 02:08:16 PM »

Definitely!
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2021, 02:32:19 PM »

When are we going to start the redistricting process?
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2021, 02:49:14 PM »

Would love to!
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2021, 02:51:31 PM »

Still interested.
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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2021, 03:12:31 PM »

Yes I’d love to. How do we decide who’s on the commission?
Would probably be balanced by partisanship somehow.
4 Dems, 4 Reps, 3 swing votes?
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« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2021, 05:46:11 PM »

I’d love to RP as a GOP hack.
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« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2021, 05:56:25 PM »

I'd still like to do this
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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2021, 06:01:29 PM »

Definitely interested.
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« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2021, 06:02:55 PM »

I'd be willing to LARP as a Pub hack if it's needed.
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« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2021, 06:03:01 PM »

Did you need to ask?
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« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2021, 06:04:29 PM »

I'm willing to play as a GOP hack if needed.
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« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2021, 06:05:11 PM »

Can we have a civil rights lawyer?
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« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2021, 06:12:34 PM »
« Edited: September 23, 2021, 09:48:37 PM by BoiseBoy »

I'd be interested in participating as a Republican.
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« Reply #18 on: September 23, 2021, 07:43:59 PM »

Thanks for all the interest, guys! I’ll lay out more information when I get to a computer 😛 but in the meantime keep looking for Rs and indys.
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« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2021, 08:50:41 PM »

Thanks for all the interest, guys! I’ll lay out more information when I get to a computer 😛 but in the meantime keep looking for Rs and indys.
So is it a given we are having a 4D-4R-3I format?
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« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2021, 08:52:14 PM »

Thanks for all the interest, guys! I’ll lay out more information when I get to a computer 😛 but in the meantime keep looking for Rs and indys.
You asked, and you shall receive.
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« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2021, 09:13:31 PM »

Okay, so here are my thoughts on this.

Obviously, I think it's very important that we have equal representation between Democrats and Republicans for the sake of realisticity. I personally don't see the number of independents as a huge issue, it's more padding GOP representation for obvious reasons. There's two ways we can do this -

1. Find as many GOPers as possible and use this as a guideline for the commission size. I'd like to open this to as many people as possible so if theoretically 6 Republicans joined we could have a 6-6-some number of independents commission. While it's more than there are in IRL commissions not everyone has to draw maps - folks can just vote up and down or comment on existing maps.

2. Each 'bloc' (Democrats, Republicans, Independents) has a set amount of votes divided equally among its members. For instance, if there were 10 Democrats, 5 Republicans, and 6 Independents, each bloc will get 5 votes, meaning each Democrat gets 0.5 votes, each Republican gets 1 vote, and each Independent gets 0.83 votes or something like that.

If we need to thin the pool of candidates, I can run a lottery, with the losers filling the roles of public commenters or litigators (or perhaps rotating out for different states?). Additionally, people RPing as the opposite party or an Independent could be useful but ideally that won't have to be the case.

As for other mechanics, here are my thoughts:

1) I think it would be cool to have the commission potentially set guidelines/procedures for itself after it is selected (e.g. goals like compactness, partisan balance, county splitting, etc.). This would be by majority vote. Also opens up the door for rules like a member of each party must approve a map for it to be passed or no partisan data can be considered to be passed by the commission.

2) We'd have to select states - probably no bigger than Illinois/Pennsylvania for accessibility? - and with some modicum of interesting district drawing (i.e. no Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Tennessee). Not sure if there's appetite for multiple states but I could set up a poll for that when the time comes.

3) Emphasizing that not everyone has to draw maps for this to work. Maybe every commissioner interested in bringing a map for a state can draw one, or the three factions could each come up with a map.

Anyone else have anything to add?
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« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2021, 09:25:21 PM »
« Edited: September 23, 2021, 09:28:39 PM by Senator OBD »

Also I've included a current roster on the OP. (->) means that the commissioner has indicated willingness to switch over to the GOP, though it's also possible that we might need indy commissioners as well. Future commissioners please specify what is your first choice faction and if you are willing to switch.
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« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2021, 09:26:03 PM »

I'd potentially be interested in joining.
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« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2021, 09:38:51 PM »
« Edited: September 23, 2021, 09:47:37 PM by #PACK THE COURTS »

I could join. I could do anything, whether it be playing honestly, roleplaying as an indy, or roleplaying as a Republican.
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