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In response to "Strongbad, not neccessarily, the number of constituents per district varies by state, but should be roughly equal within a state -- (link)" by znufrii

Here's something I've been pondering -- ST should tell me why this wouldn't be a good idea.

Posted by mara Oct 2 '14, 12:54

You divide a state into numerically equal segments using straight lines, as in link, using a computer.

If we want to keep the same number of representatives per state, we'd have fewer districts, because every new district would be represented by two or three representatives, however many it takes to make the correct total.

You get to vote for 2 people or 3 people, depending on how many representatives your district has.

http://rangevoting.org/SplitLR.html (rangevoting.org)

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It's called Multi-Member Constituency, and it's my favoured system, when combined with ranked voting. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 13:03 2
- It's the only way I would want to see totally computerized districting that takes no neighborhood characteristics into account. -- nm - mara Oct 2, 13:11 1
  - I think just straight lines is overdoing it, but you can have some "measure of roundness" that districts have to fit into. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 13:14

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Here's something I've been pondering -- ST should tell me why this wouldn't be a good idea.

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