"There is something in the propsal that says any one who registers to submit a proposal can, and I think they have to consider it, so if there was a computer program that could follow the rules, it would be pretty damn hard to beat, giving it a hands down victory."
That would be great!
Actually there was another article in today's Blade covering the same issue, only talking about how much better gerrymandering has gotten since software was developed to help.
In CA & OH, pretty impressive actually.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051023/NEWS09/510230348