[EL] "Gerrymander Standard" Writing Competition

[Paul Gronke]

I agree!  Since I might know what journal is going to publish the winner ... hmm.... which journal could that be?
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Paul Gronke	

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On Oct 29, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Nicholas Stephanopoulos <nicholas.stephanopoulos at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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, in which we propose our own gerrymandering standard. Hopefully the entrants in the competition will do an even better job...
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> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Dan Vicuna <DVicuna at commoncause.org> wrote:
> 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 colleagues and students.
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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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> <image005.jpg>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 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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