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How Michigan Turned Blue in '22--by ending gerrymandering
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<blockquote data-quote="Ana the Ist" data-source="post: 76997272" data-attributes="member: 302807"><p>We draw districts under the rule that they are drawn with an attempt to capture a party majority, as practically as this can be done. </p><p></p><p>It could be redrawn after the election if there's been a considerable amount of voter migration...but it wouldn't have to. </p><p></p><p>We would simply be ignoring the district lines for the election. Simplify the process. </p><p></p><p>In a 10 seat state....parties will try to field 10 candidates minimum. This obviously would be expensive, shortening the time of campaigning....diluting corporate money....all good things in my book. Candidates can't be carbon copies of each other....so a diversity of views can be made....they wouldn't have to lie all the time. </p><p></p><p>Voting can be similarly diverse....every voter can select a maximum of 10 candidates. I would imagine most will pick 2 or 3 of their favorites....and then vote down a party line. Names can appear on the ballots in a randomized fashion. People don't have to stick with one party.</p><p></p><p>Votes are tallied, counting first the percentages going to each party to determine how many seats they get....then to each candidate to determine who gets those seats. For example, if Republicans win 7 seats Dems win 3....then the 7 Reps with the most votes get those seats as do the 3 Dems. It doesn't matter if those 3 Dems get less votes than Republican #8 for example. Dems get 3 seats getting roughly 30% of the vote so that population has a voice.</p><p></p><p>Ideally, the majority party chooses districts and minority party chooses their own districts as well. Firstly trying to ensure Republicans are seated in Republican districts and Democrats in Democrat districts. </p><p></p><p>If however, we run into a situation where voters flipped....and a majority Democrat district is left without a representative (because despite having 4 districts where they are a clear majority, they only won 30% of the vote and therefore only 3 districts) then after the minority party chooses districts the remaining district is represented by a candidate out of the 7 winners in the majority party. </p><p></p><p>So there's not really a need for redrawing lines every election....but you can easily make a rule to flip a district if it votes contrary to the expectation say....3 elections in a row?</p><p></p><p>This is just off the top of my head so be gentle in criticism. I gave this a whole 10 minutes thought lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ana the Ist, post: 76997272, member: 302807"] We draw districts under the rule that they are drawn with an attempt to capture a party majority, as practically as this can be done. It could be redrawn after the election if there's been a considerable amount of voter migration...but it wouldn't have to. We would simply be ignoring the district lines for the election. Simplify the process. In a 10 seat state....parties will try to field 10 candidates minimum. This obviously would be expensive, shortening the time of campaigning....diluting corporate money....all good things in my book. Candidates can't be carbon copies of each other....so a diversity of views can be made....they wouldn't have to lie all the time. Voting can be similarly diverse....every voter can select a maximum of 10 candidates. I would imagine most will pick 2 or 3 of their favorites....and then vote down a party line. Names can appear on the ballots in a randomized fashion. People don't have to stick with one party. Votes are tallied, counting first the percentages going to each party to determine how many seats they get....then to each candidate to determine who gets those seats. For example, if Republicans win 7 seats Dems win 3....then the 7 Reps with the most votes get those seats as do the 3 Dems. It doesn't matter if those 3 Dems get less votes than Republican #8 for example. Dems get 3 seats getting roughly 30% of the vote so that population has a voice. Ideally, the majority party chooses districts and minority party chooses their own districts as well. Firstly trying to ensure Republicans are seated in Republican districts and Democrats in Democrat districts. If however, we run into a situation where voters flipped....and a majority Democrat district is left without a representative (because despite having 4 districts where they are a clear majority, they only won 30% of the vote and therefore only 3 districts) then after the minority party chooses districts the remaining district is represented by a candidate out of the 7 winners in the majority party. So there's not really a need for redrawing lines every election....but you can easily make a rule to flip a district if it votes contrary to the expectation say....3 elections in a row? This is just off the top of my head so be gentle in criticism. I gave this a whole 10 minutes thought lol. [/QUOTE]
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