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RE: Mathematicians are deploying algorithms to stop gerrymandering - MIT Technology Review
A non-partisan electoral commission seems to be working well in Canada (federal level and Quebec, where I'm from). It's not perfect - rural counties weigh more - but government barely has a say.
If not, then go proportional to solve the problem
Interesting. It makes sense because there's a conflict of interest when the partisan lawmakers are the ones drawing up the boundaries.
In the video, he talked about how both parties in Maryland seem to have agreed to settle on a 7:1 split, so the arrangement benefits incumbents from both parties. Clearly a side-effect from that conflict of interest.