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**WapSaibiar** · 01-18-2006, 04:02 PM

1. The house of representatives is composed of two Representatives from each of the congresssional districts, This is a representative (democratic) -one person/one vote system. Would these be the first and second vote-getters, or winning-party-take-all, or something else? Two reps is fine if it's first and second vote-getters, as winner-take-all skews things too much.

All elections, and these especially, shoud be done with acceptance voting. That way, if 70% think A would do a good job, and 60% think B would do well, they're elected, instead of losing to candidates who may have the strongest 'fanatical core' but are otherwise held in a negative light by the electorate.

1. Either now, using approximate or intrim census figures, or shortly after the new census is completed. Two or more teams from each state, consisting of one person from each party... Each party, meaning Dem, Repub, Lib, Green, Commie, Reform, Constitution, and Nazi? And how are disputes internal to a given group to be resolved? And if they're not resolved, what then?

When the two or more teams come together, thay should be able to have a properly completed job. Except that you assume that each group's 'leading edge' will meet nicely as they work through their portion of the reapportionment. Highly unlikely, problably resulting in terribly mishapen districts at such junctions and/or partisan bickering over which group(s) must cede how much territiory to avoid this and how the final districts will be drawn up.

A non-partisan (to the extent that such a thing is possible) commission should review plans submitted by all interested parties (not meaning political parties) and declare a winner based on scoring criteria determined well in advance, consisting primarily of the shortest total length of all district borders. (I went into a lot more detail in another thread, I think one specifically on gerrymandering.)

There are other places I disagree, but think those are simply my opinions, rather than being demonstrably better approaches.

01-18-2006, 04:02 PM	#22
WapSaibiar Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 370 Senior Member	1. The house of representatives is composed of two Representatives from each of the congresssional districts, This is a representative (democratic) -one person/one vote system. Would these be the first and second vote-getters, or winning-party-take-all, or something else? Two reps is fine if it's first and second vote-getters, as winner-take-all skews things too much. All elections, and these especially, shoud be done with acceptance voting. That way, if 70% think A would do a good job, and 60% think B would do well, they're elected, instead of losing to candidates who may have the strongest 'fanatical core' but are otherwise held in a negative light by the electorate. 1. Either now, using approximate or intrim census figures, or shortly after the new census is completed. Two or more teams from each state, consisting of one person from each party... Each party, meaning Dem, Repub, Lib, Green, Commie, Reform, Constitution, and Nazi? And how are disputes internal to a given group to be resolved? And if they're not resolved, what then? When the two or more teams come together, thay should be able to have a properly completed job. Except that you assume that each group's 'leading edge' will meet nicely as they work through their portion of the reapportionment. Highly unlikely, problably resulting in terribly mishapen districts at such junctions and/or partisan bickering over which group(s) must cede how much territiory to avoid this and how the final districts will be drawn up. A non-partisan (to the extent that such a thing is possible) commission should review plans submitted by all interested parties (not meaning political parties) and declare a winner based on scoring criteria determined well in advance, consisting primarily of the shortest total length of all district borders. (I went into a lot more detail in another thread, I think one specifically on gerrymandering.) There are other places I disagree, but think those are simply my opinions, rather than being demonstrably better approaches.
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