• panthera_@lemmy.today
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    19 hours ago

    No, since political affiliation would not be an input to the computer program. Peer-review by university computer science professors would catch any attempt to sneak it in. Do you think a company would risk being caught and punished? It is not unconstitutional to force a state to adopt something which does not disenfranchise a part of the population no more than it’s unconstitutional to force a state to adopt a voting method which is not prone to fraud.

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      19 hours ago

      Peer-review by university computer science professors would catch any attempt to sneak it in

      You’re putting a lot of faith in the political awareness and good intentions of these computer science professors.

      It is not unconstitutional to force a state to adopt something…

      Yes it is. It literally is, when you’re talking about electoral processes such as redistricting.

      You’re only continuing to reveal how little you know about the topic.

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        14 hours ago

        Political awareness is unnecessary, only knowledge of computer programming. It is improbable that all the professors would have bad intentions and are in one specific party.

        It is not unconstitutional to force states to adopt something that ensures districting is impartial.

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          12 hours ago

          “Political awareness isn’t necessary to design a system that all states will be forced to implement for their elections.” Holy shit, a statement like this demonstrates exactly why political awareness is necessary, and makes abundantly clear that you have none of it. Thankfully I don’t have to worry about your ideas seeing any daylight.

          It is not unconstitutional to force states to adopt something that ensures districting is impartial.

          I don’t know how many times I have to tell you this, but the federal government meddling in how states run their elections literally violates the constitution. If that’s not “unconstitutional” then I don’t even know what that word means to you…