Algorithmic Redistricting: Elections made-to-order

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Or how "I inadvertently simulated extreme voter fraud"



"Desired election results."

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Let's talk about North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and the Supreme Court

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inks shitty afoot.

ive heard a few stalwart anti jerrymandering pundits say the democrats should also engage in this where they can but,
democrats and liberals cannot buy the best data available to accomplish it.

the owners of that data wont sell it to them

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Federal judge overturns parts of Florida election law, citing ‘horrendous history’ of racism

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Thursday struck down key provisions of a 2021 Florida election law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and, in a remarkable move, ruled the state must get court approval for the next 10 years before it enacts further changes in three areas.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, in a blistering 288-page decision, said the law placed restrictions on voters that were unconstitutional and discriminated against minority citizens. Those included limits on drop boxes used for mail-in voting, on giving items to voters waiting in line and new requirements placed on voter registration groups.

“At some point, when the Florida Legislature passes law after law disproportionately burdening Black voters, this court can no longer accept that the effect is incidental,” Walker wrote. “Based on the indisputable pattern set out above, this court finds that, in the past 20 years, Florida has repeatedly sought to make voting tougher for Black voters because of their propensity to favor Democratic candidates. In summation, Florida has a horrendous history of racial discrimination

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/3 ... m-00022041

Judge Torches And Blocks Florida Voter Suppression Bill

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Trump judges say Ohio should use maps that the state Supreme Court ruled were unconstitutional
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p ... 354517001/

A three-judge federal court has hijacked Ohio's legislative redistricting process and rewarded Republican obstructionism by announcing on Wednesday that if the state's GOP-dominated redistricting commission fails to produce constitutional maps by May 28, it will implement maps that the state Supreme Court previously ruled were unconstitutional instead.
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected four different sets of maps for the state House and state Senate drawn by the commission, all for the same reason: They violated voter-approved amendments to the state constitution barring partisan gerrymandering. Those same amendments, however, forbid state courts from ordering the adoption of judicially crafted maps, leaving the Supreme Court with the power merely to order the commission—which consists of five Republicans and just two Democrats—to keep trying again.

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But now Republicans have no incentive to try a fifth time, as the Supreme Court recently ordered, because if they fail to do so, the federal court will simply impose their third set of maps. In a 2-1 decision, two judges appointed by Donald Trump said they'd adopt those maps—despite the fact the Supreme Court found they violated the state constitution "beyond a reasonable doubt"—simply because Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose told local election officials to prepare to use them before the justices had a chance to rule on their validity.

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Instead, said Marbley, the state should use a plan crafted by a pair of outside mapmakers hired by the commission, which expert witnesses who testified before the federal court said "satisfies all constitutional requirements" with minor changes. The commission claimed it abandoned that plan because it was incomplete—a reason the majority cited for spurning it—but Marbley noted that an expert for opponents of the GOP's maps completed the necessary adjustments in a matter of hours.
Yet with the majority's decision, "Republican Commissioners will benefit directly from a crisis they created," wrote Marbley, "and which the Ohio Supreme Court has attributed squarely to them."