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In response to "I can see the WH and Senate, but the House has to many gerrymandered districts to have that much change -- nm" by amoxy

Let's pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting that.

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Oct 2 '14, 11:52

Start from scratch. Use a purely scientific method to divide the state into quasi-rectangles.
Sounds good to me.

Until then, both sides play the game with the same rules, and both sides benefit from gerrymandered districts.

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You mean something like this? -- (link) - Was Bar Was Oct 2, 11:59 2
- Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:01 1
  - Ha. Check out Colorado. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:02
I not only support that but something much larger. We need a factor of 100 times as many congressional representatives. - David Oct 2, 11:55 11
- I don't know about 100x, but I'd be all in favor of at least 10x. -- nm - Ender Oct 2, 12:00
- There's not enough chairs and desks in the House. - Will Hunting Oct 2, 12:00 2
  - That's definitely the most often cited rebuttal to the argument I've seen. -- nm - Ender Oct 2, 12:01
  - It would look like the Galactic Senate. :) -- nm - Was Bar Was Oct 2, 12:01
- I don't know about 100, but you have less than twice as many House reps as us and 9x the population. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 11:58
- I would support that. Throw in term limits too. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 11:57 5
  - We already have term limits. They are January 3rd on either the 2nd or 6th year of a term. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 2, 12:01 4
    - No we don't. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:02 3
      - Failing to vote out the pinheads isn't an excuse. It's not tenure. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 2, 12:05 2
        
        We have term limits for President... but not the Legislative branch? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:07 1
        
        We can debate the validity of that, but the power of 1 person vs the power of 435 people is far more unbalanced. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 2, 12:09
Pointing out that gerrymandering has its benefits is definitely a "what have you done for me lately" kind of situation -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 11:54

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