On 11/08/2010 08:58 AM, JBoppjr@aol.com wrote:
It
will be interesting to see how Jon's promotion of random selection works out
when the Calif redistricting comm is randomly selected. I wonder what
are the efforts leading up to that to try to manipulate the
process.
I got a report, as yet unconfirmed,
that the framers of that reform got the idea from reading my stuff. Of
course, if any process can be manipulated it will be. It had better be
supervised by a grand jury for execution of the selection.
Randomly
selected panels need to supervise the selection of other randomly selected
panels. It is too important not to have a lot of independent people
watching.
That still leaves the question of how computer mapping
software is used in drawing the maps. If they do it right they will not
attempt to do things like protect incumbents. Better to have little if any
human input into the drawing. Let the computer do
it.
-- Jon
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