The Failed Promise of Independent Election Mapmaking
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In Washington and other states, independent redistricting commissions have fallen prey to partisanship, just like the legislative bodies they were meant to replace.
@ProPublica some group should create an open source optimizer based on a small number of rules and standard data input format.
How about #Mozilla?
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@billseitz @ProPublica well, it's a tough problem and active area of research that operation researchers like @AustinLBuchanan are working on. The problem is political will, not lack of implementation.
