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If only we could make gerrymandering illegal.

• danpalmer 4y ago
  It's hard to make it illegal, because under the current system someone needs to draw the lines somewhere, and as long as they can reason why those lines are in those places, it's hard to prove malice. Attempts to negate gerrymandering typically focus on making sure that those deciding the lines are as unbiased as possible, usually with cross-party committees drawing the lines instead of elected officials. The best option though is to remove the need to draw the lines at all.
• AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
  In theory a third party could spring up with the singular goal of fixing democracy by doing away with gerrymandering, instituting proportional representation, and removing overreaching executive powers and probably do well enough to get some movement towards those ends from the other parties if nothing else. They could all promise to resign and hold new elections once their goals are met and to not vote on anything else. Throw federally legalized pot in there if they really want to clinch support.
  • GLGirty 4y ago
    Lawrence Lessig attempted this, raising over $1M dollars with a kickstarter campaign. So successful that only polysci nerds remember. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harvard-professor-larry-lessig-running-president/story?id=33568066 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harvard-professor-larry-less...
    • AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
      Lessig was going to step down and put his Vice President in power, who would explicitly be a Democrat. That's not going to get broad appeal even if the whole effort was marketed correctly. And I'm not talking about just president, but congress as well. Get as many people as possible into as many offices as possible with this goal.