Download This PaperThe Third Criterion: Compactness as a Procedural Safeguard Against Partisan Gerrymandering
54 Pages Posted: 21 Mar 2017
Date Written: March 18, 1991
Abstract
This paper addresses partisan gerrymandering and proposes a formal remedy. In addition to adhering to criteria which mandate that representational districts be composed of contiguous territories and have equal populations, we suggest that those who define district boundaries must also be required to respect a third criterion, the constraint of compactness.
Keywords: bounderies, gerrymandering, voting, elections, election law
JEL Classification: K19
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Polsby, Daniel D. and Popper, Robert, The Third Criterion: Compactness as a Procedural Safeguard Against Partisan Gerrymandering (March 18, 1991). Yale Law & Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1991, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2936284 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2936284
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