No More Packing or Cracking; Election Boundaries  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 399 no. 8738 (Jun. 2011), page 41-42.
Topik: Election Districts; Electoral Reform
Fulltext: Election boundaries.pdf (42.31KB)

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The new lines of 177 districts in California were drawn, for the first time, by a genuinely independent commission of citizens, not by state legislators. The panel's mandate is to make compact, contiguous districts that preserve natural communities of interest such as ethnic groups, and to ignore politics altogether. The commissioners do not even have voter-registration statistics or the addresses of incumbents. The revolutionary new idea is that, instead of politicians choosing their voters, voters should choose their representatives. This marks a dramatic change in the history of American democracy. Also approved directly by voters, the new commission consists of 14 members, chosen in a complex but rigorous process, partly by lottery. In its diligence and transparency, it has been above reproach.

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