Public Participation GIS: The Case of Redistricting

Proceedings of the 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

10 Pages Posted: 24 Sep 2013 Last revised: 7 Jul 2016

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Micah Altman

Center for Research in Equitable and Open Scholarship, MIT

Michael P. McDonald

George Mason University - Government and Politics; University of Florida

Date Written: September 6, 2013

Abstract

Recent technological advances have enabled greater public participation and transparency in the United States redistricting process. We review these advances, with particular attention to activities involving open-source redistricting software.

Keywords: Redistricting, GIS, public participation, open-source software

Suggested Citation

Altman, Micah and McDonald, Michael P. and McDonald, Michael P., Public Participation GIS: The Case of Redistricting (September 6, 2013). Proceedings of the 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2321870

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