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Notes from the GEOMETRY OF REDISTRICTING WORKSHOP

16 March 2018 - San Francisco

The Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group (MGGG) hosted a workshop in SF around redistricting, gerrymandering, and voting rights. My notes from the event are below.

Errors, omissions, and inaccuracies here are entirely my own! If you have any errata, please let me know.

Thursday, March 15


09:30 - 10:20AM - Moon Duchin (Tufts) - slides

Math, Politics, and Law in the Study of Gerrymandering


10:30 - 11:20AM - Kris Tapp (St Joseph’s) - slides

Measurements of Political Gerrymandering


11:30 - 12:20PM - Santiago Olivella (UNC) - slides

Other Frontiers: Voting Precincts and Associated Voting Costs


02:00 - 02:50PM - Eric McGhee (Public Policy Institute of California) - slides

Partisan Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court


03:00 - 03:50PM - Michal Migurski (PlanScore)

Making Gerrymandering Boring


05:00 - 05:50PM - Bruce Cain (Stanford)

By Form or By Outcome? The Fifty Year Quest for Redistricting Fairness


06:00 - 07:30PM - Justin Levitt (Loyola Law), Moon Duchin (Tufts), Michal Migurski (PlanScore)

Panel Discussion - “Technology and Law in Redistricting”


Friday, March 16


09:30 - 10:20AM - Lisa García Bedolla (UC Berkeley) - slides

Why the Lines Matter: Race and Representation


10:30 - 11:20AM - Greg Herschlag (Duke) - slides

Quantifying Gerrymandering: Revealing Political Structure with Sampling


11:30 - 12:00PM - Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman and Kelsey Kauffman

Modern Malapportionment: Prison Gerrymandering and Local Redistricting


02:00 - 02:40PM - Tanya Cecena Pellegrin (MALDEF) and Jonathan Stein (Asian Americans Advancing Justice) - slides

The California Voting Rights Act


02:50 - 30:40PM - Ellen Veomett (St. Mary’s) - slides

The Efficiency Gap, Voter Turnout, and the Efficiency Principle


03:50 - 04:40PM - Karin Mac Donald (SWDB and UC Berkeley) and Denise Hulett (MALDEF)

Implementation Challenges and Race Discrimination in the Era of Algorithms


06:00PM - 07:30PM - Colleen Mathis (AZ Commission Chair), Wendy Underhill (National Conference of State Legislatures Redistricting Coordinator), California Commissioners: Angelo Ancheta (D), Vince Barabba (R), Cynthia Dai (D), and Michelle DiGuilio (I)

Panel Discussion - Independent Commissions and Redistricting Reform