Originally Posted by Roger Waters
Originally Posted by Joe Keegan
What would you replace it with to keep us safe from tyranny?


This would be a multi-step process of course.
ROger
IMO you missed one big one---somehow eliminate gerrymandering.

I was shocked to learn that re-election rate of a US Congressman is comparable to the old Soviet Polit Bureau! And this happens in large measure because the districts are gerrymandered in such a way that elections are non-competitive. Almost every district has a 60% or greater dominance of one party.

Here are some provisions of the Iowa Plan
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How The Iowa Process Works: Under chapter 42 of the Iowa Code, enacted in 1980, the Iowa legislature has the final responsibility for enacting both congressional and state legislative district plans. However, the nonpartisan Legislative Services Bureau starts the process. The Bureau must develop up to three plans that can be accepted or rejected by the legislature.

The four criteria for the Bureau's plans, in descending order of importance, are:

1 - population equality,
2 - contiguity,
3 - unity of counties and cities (maintaining county lines and “nesting” house districts within
senate districts and senate districts within congressional districts), and
4 - compactness.

Chapter 42 specifically forbids the use of political affiliation, previous election results, the addresses of incumbents, or any demographic information other than population in creating the redistricting proposals.
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