#multi-member districts

[mmeveronica]

Canada used Multi-Member Districts as recently as 1996 stop saying they're a new and untested idea.

Also, Canada used to use Single Transferable Votes as recently as 1974 stop saying they're new as well.

[eideard]

A simple way to end gerrymandering -- which Congress made illegal in 1967

A simple way to end gerrymandering — which Congress made illegal in 1967

Years back, a law professor told me that when she teaches a class on the drawing of legislative districts, she leaves the issue of multi-member districts for last because it solves all the problems too well and makes the rest of the material uninteresting. I was reminded of that when I read Kim Soffen’s Upshot column about the way geography rather than gerrymandering disadvantages Democrats in…

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[monohedron]