Bill Roper's Journal

Yet another reason I'd love to see some (or all) states implement a districting system that is 90% - 100% algorithm driven. In other words, take the politicians humans out of the equation as much as possible and use the detailed census data to create districts of equal population and as geographically contingent as possible.

Now this wouldn't eliminate completely "safe" districts, but it would prevent the situation we have now in (AFAIK) all 50 states where there is at least some pressure to keep the districts represented by certain patrons safe for that patron, or at least their think-a-likes.