Bill Roper's Journal

If I had my way, I'd find a way to remove as much of the human element from the redistricting process as possible. Assuming the US Census can provide a reasonably accurate distribution of the population over the geography of a state, there should be a reasonable algorithm that produces geographically concentrated blocks containing the target population (within a reasonable range). Perhaps showing my bias coming from a low-population state, I'd want the algorithm to try to do it by whole counties, then by any sub-county organization, working down by township, section, sub-section, and finally into neighborhoods etc.

Of course, this would be seen as unfair by those who feel that there must be a district that represents some specific group.

I doubt that the politicians would ever stand for this, or anything else that preserves the status-quo that they depend on.