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Gerrymandering Hypothesis in the Italian Constituencies [PDF]
Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2019 Gerrymandering is a practice intended to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries. The term gerrymandering has negative connotations. Two principal tactics are used in gerrymandering: “cracking” (
Fabio Ratto Trabucco
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Parameterized Complexity of Gerrymandering
, 2023 In a representative democracy, the electoral process involves partitioning geographical space into districts which each elect a single representative. These representatives craft and vote on legislation, incentivizing political parties to win as many districts as possible (ideally a plurality). Gerrymandering is the process by which district boundaries
Andrew Fraser +2 more
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, 2010 In a framework with two parties, deterministic voter preferences and a type of geographical constraints, we propose a set of simple axioms and show that they jointly characterize the districting rule that maximizes the number of districts one party can ...
Tasnádi, Attila, Puppe, Clemens
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In its latest decision, the Supreme Court has got it wrong when it says that partisan gerrymandering only hurts voters in specific districts [PDF]
, 2018 Last week, the US Supreme Court sent gerrymandering cases from Wisconsin, Maryland and North Carolina back to their respective states' courts, with the unanimous opinion that state political parties could not prove that they were harmed by the ...
McGann, Anthony J. +3 more
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Scientific Gerrymandering & Bifurcation [PDF]
, 2021 Environmental litigation must often examine the propriety of corporate conduct in areas of scientific complexity. In the second generation of climate nuisance suits, for example, allegations of corporate participation in the climate disinformation ...
Edwards, Megan +2 more
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Electoral system of Slovakia: Perspective of political geography [PDF]
Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić", 2014 More than twenty years after fall of communism Slovakia has experienced unprecedented fall of electoral turnout. It is important to look into the problem of how low turnout may impact ability to get elected in different stages of elections.
Mikuš Roman, Gurňák Daniel
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Teoria autonomicznej legislatywy stanowej – istota i zagrożenia
Krytyka Prawa, 2023 This article discusses the independent state legislature theory, which has been the subject of interest of an ever-growing group of American constitutionalists in recent years. This theory deals primarily with state legislatures’ power – derived directly
Paweł Króliczek
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Gerrymandering the States : Partisanship, Race, and the Transformation of American Federalism
, 2021 State legislatures are tasked with drawing state and federal districts and administering election law, among many other responsibilities. Yet state legislatures are themselves gerrymandered.
McGann, Anthony J. +3 more
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Who Is My Neighbor? The Spatial Efficiency of Partisanship
Statistics and Public Policy, 2020 Relative to its overall statewide support, the Republican Party has been over-represented in congressional delegations and state legislatures over the last decade in a number of US states.
Nicholas Eubank, Jonathan Rodden
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The Numbers Matter: An Update to the Implementation of New York’s Prison Gerrymandering Law
Columbia Journal of Race and Law, 2014 To combat the rise of “Prison-Based Gerrymandering”, the New York State Assembly enacted a law requiring prisoners to be counted in their “home” districts.
Devon Galloway
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