• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    In other news, Republican Congress mandates all states to use Grok, “MechaHitler” to redraw congressional districts.

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        11 hours ago

        Peer review by whom?

        If you mean an independent commission, some states already use those for redistricting. There’s no need for a computer program.

        Or do you mean by state legislatures, that’s already what the most heavily gerrymandered states already use for redistricting. It would make no difference if they were simply “approving” a computer-generated district map (made with algorithms designed by whom?).

        The computer program you suggest is entirely unnecessary and superfluous.

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          6 hours ago

          Peer-review by university professors of computer science. Since gerrymandering exists, a computer program is quite necessary.

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            6 hours ago

            Have you ever met a comp sci professor? They’re so cloistered, with no practical understanding of the world beyond the digital. They shouldn’t have anything to do with electoral reform.

            Since gerrymandering exists, a computer program is quite necessary.

            Gerrymandering has already been solved in most states by utilizing independent redistricting commissions. Only the most backward states still give that task to their legislatures.

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              That’s what’s desired. Someone who isn’t interested in politics just whether a computer program is biased. All states would have to use the winning computer program.

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                4 hours ago

                So now you’re saying the federal government should impose this computer algorithm on the states? Don’t you realize the constitution explicitly gives electoral power to the states?

                Your idea just gets worse and worse the more you try to defend it.