{"id":287,"date":"2020-05-21T04:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T04:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2020-05-22T03:06:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T03:06:48","slug":"why-are-there-guidelines-for-drawing-congressional-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"Why Are There Guidelines for Drawing Congressional Districts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(123,150,247,0.2)&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_menu _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_module=&#8221;228&#8243;][\/et_pb_menu][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Rationale:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A fair process of drawing Congressional boundaries prevents gerrymandering, the strategic adjustment of district boundaries by a locally dominant political party to distort truly representational elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This Constitution proposes that computer technology can be used to draw unbiased congressional boundaries. A computer program could create a map of congressional boundaries based on the criteria of using the shortest possible total length of boundary lines to create evenly populated districts, undistorted in shape and independent of voter party affliation.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Comment Instructions&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5px|10px|5px|10px|false|false&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_module=&#8221;479&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Comments are welcome below. All comments must be respectfully written and not contain misinformation or fallacious reasoning. We welcome thoughtful dialogue of differences.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_comments _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][\/et_pb_comments][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(123,150,247,0.2)&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_menu _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_module=&#8221;228&#8243;][\/et_pb_menu][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;] Rationale: A fair process of drawing Congressional boundaries prevents gerrymandering, the strategic adjustment of district boundaries by a locally dominant political party to distort truly representational elections. 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