Summary
THE BIG IDEA BEHIND THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN next month's election is to make competitiveness the main goal in the design of legislative districts. In other words, Issue 4 would foster congressional and state legislative districts in which each political party has a fighting chance.
Under the current rules, nearly all districts are so overwhelmingly tilted toward one party that the other party typically doesn't even try. The tilting is far worse than ever, because computers have given the map drawers new powers.See the full content of this document
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Why Should Competition Be Top Goal?
Pushed into a corner, some opponents of Issue 4 grant much of the above indictment of the current system. But they say Issue 4 would put too much emphasis on competitiveness as opposed, say, to the goals of compactness (districts...
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