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I think state constitutional amendments or state ballot initiatives are the current best possible way to reform this. Of course not all states let citizens pass
by WesternWind 4y ago
I think state constitutional amendments or state ballot initiatives are the current best possible way to reform this. Of course not all states let citizens pass stuff without going through a gerrymandered state legislature.
And of course it's not just gerrymandering, but the electoral college and a host of other things that are just done badly.
These are all fixable problems, even if they are difficult. In fact both the electoral college and gerrymandering at the federal level would be improved if we just doubled or tripled the number of representatives in the House. The smaller the districts the harder it is to gerrymander effectively. Course to do that we probably need to get rid of the filibuster.