[EL] "Gerrymander Standard" Writing Competition

[Nicholas Stephanopoulos]

I highly encourage folks to participate in Common Cause's writing
competition. As the flyer notes, there is a real need to develop compelling
new metrics of partisan gerrymandering. This need is the basis for a
forthcoming article of mine with Eric McGhee, *Partisan Gerrymandering and
the Efficiency Gap*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2457468>, in which we
propose our own gerrymandering standard. Hopefully the entrants in the
competition will do an even better job...

Nick

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Dan Vicuna <DVicuna at commoncause.org>
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>  As Professor Hasen recently mentioned on his blog, Common Cause launched
> our “Gerrymander Standard” Writing Competition. We’re thrilled that Dan
> Tokaji from Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law and Norm Ornstein
> from the American Enterprise Institute have agreed to serve as co-chairs of
> the contest judging panel. Details are available at
> www.commoncause.org/gerrymanderstandard. Winners will receive a cash
> prize and an offer of publication in Election Law Journal. Submissions are
> due February 27, 2015. Please feel free to distribute the email below to
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> "Gerrymander Standard" Writing Competition
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> The Supreme Court has long suggested there is a limit for what is
> acceptable partisan gerrymandering, but like obscenity, so far the line is
> undefined and left to courts to know it when they see it. The Court has
> said that it is willing to hear constitutional challenges to partisan
> gerrymandering, but existing legal theories have been insufficient to
> empower citizens with the tools they need to overturn partisan gerrymanders
> in court. This is your chance to change that.
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> We are inviting legal and social science practitioners, scholars, and
> students to submit papers proposing a new definition of partisan
> gerrymandering or further developing an existing standard. Winning papers
> will be selected by a distinguished panel of former State Supreme Court
> Justices, litigators, and election scholars.
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> *Prizes will be as follows:*
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> *1st place – $5,000*
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> *2nd place - $3,000*
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> *3rd place - $2,000*
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> [image: gerrymander-map]The top entries will also be published in
> Election Law Journal, the leading academic publication in the elections
> field. Common Cause will cover expenses for winners to travel to
> Washington, DC in the fall of 2015 to present their papers.
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>  *How to Submit a Paper*
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> For general information, please check out:
> www.commoncause.org/GerrymanderStandard.  Please review the 2015
> “Gerrymander Standard” Writing Competition Submission Requirements
> <http://www.commoncause.org/issues/voting-and-elections/redistricting/contest-submission-details.pdf>before
> submitting your entry. Submissions must be sent to contest at commoncause.org by
> Friday, February 27. Do not include any information identifying yourself in
> the paper. Include your name, phone number, and address only in the body of
> the cover email. Feel free to email us at contest at commoncause.org with
> any questions.
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> *Special thanks to our partners American Constitution Society and Election
> Law Journal. *
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-- 
Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Chicago Law School
nsteph at uchicago.edu
(773) 702-4226
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/stephanopoulos
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