It might be helpful, if there were publicly available algorithms that could balance the various aims (competitive districts, compact districts, majority-minorit

It might be helpful, if there were publicly available algorithms that could balance the various aims (competitive districts, compact districts, majority-minority districts, etc.) for a given set of geography and census data. That would enable legislators to at least say, in legislation, that algorithm such-and-such (publicly defined and available) will be used with such-and-such inputs (e.g. 1/3 competitive districts, majority-minority for any minority of at least 9% of the overall pop, etc.). Right now, the legislators would have to specify the algorithm themselves, or else specify a proprietary code business product, which seems icky. So, I suppose the dev community could make the tools for drawing maps available, and educate legislators in their use.