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From: barry levine
Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:47 AM
Subject: re: Gerrymandering, Pure and Corrupt
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
From: barry levine
Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:47 AM
Subject: re: Gerrymandering, Pure and Corrupt
To: letters@nytimes.com
To the Editor:
The "reasonably compact" standard for a congressional district is toothless, and has clearly failed to insure the free exercise of democracy. If we want a standard that will stop gerrymandering, we would mandate a maximum ratio of perimeter to area for each district.
Better still, we should eliminate electoral districts. Give every eligible voter in New York State 29 votes to cast as he or she chooses. Twenty-nine votes for one candidate, or a straight party-slate vote down the ballot or any combination in between. Every race would now be competitive and the resulting delegation would better represent the people of the state, every time.
Barry Levine
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