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To: Forrestfire

I do have to agree with the Anti-Gerrymandering Amendment!!!


Me too. Congressional districts may have borders justified only based on criteria such as:
1. Boundaries defined by county lines (with clumps of counties or portions thereof being compact andd not extended).
2. Boundaries defined by straight lines segments intersecting as obtuse angles.
3. Boundaries defined to minimize the ratio of periphery to area below a reasonable threshold (such as that of a square plus 25%).
4. Boundaries defined by major rivers or highways.
5. Boundaries that avoid populated areas.


21 posted on 03/07/2014 6:27:15 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
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To: Atlas Sneezed

I think the only criteria should be city or county lines. For multiple districts within a city, the lines should follow natural land borders or be straight.

What so many lefties miss is that the worst gerrymandered districts are the ones created for minority democrats.


22 posted on 03/07/2014 6:43:28 AM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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