Gerrymandering

[James E. White]

Political gerrymandering to create voting districts that favor one political party over another or that effectively diminishes a one-person-one-vote power for some groups needs to be curtailed to the largest extent possible. Michigan is perhaps at the forefront of this process with their Michigan Constitution's Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission however there is not enough experience with it yet, or with its involvement in court cases, to adequately judge whether it is meeting the reason it was created in the first place. Review and consideration of alternatives is needed. Again, likely no perfect answers.