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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