Billionaires trying to buy our elections through the supreme court ruling, "corporations are people."

[Mr Khan]

Kasz216 said:

Mr Khan said:

badgenome said:

Mr Khan said:

Of course, i've long wondered why our voting system has remained so mired in 19th century techniques and technology.

Because there is simply no motivation to update or improve it. Everyone who has been elected was elected under the current system, and incumbents are generally interested in removing - not adding - wrinkles or variables so that they can keep getting elected. So gerrymandering is good, and changing the voting system in any way that they don't perceive as improving their chances of getting reelected is bad.

Gerrymandering is something you figure they could fix with computers and satellites, building combinations of different counties or fractions of counties automatically, with no human input outside the initial programming and census updates.

Actually it's the exact opposite.

Computer programming has made gerrymandering about a dozen times worse. 

The parties tend to do that, and then tilt them heavily in their favor in the initial programming.  They end up gerrymandering things WAY more effectivly then people ever could.

Also in general there are questions that need to be asked, like minority representation.

Does it make more sense to create districts of minorties or with strong minority representation so that they will likely elect a minority politician who will focus on their sepcific needs?  Or does it make sense to refuse them a district and split up among different districts?

And i'm saying just let computers do it completely. No consideration for parties or for ethnic minorities, just go.