districtbuilder: open source collaborative redistricting
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Presented at the Center for Geographic Analysis 2011 Annual Conference, Harvard UniversityTRANSCRIPT
Now…Public Access Redistricting
Open Data Open Access Open SourcePrepared for 2011 CGA Conference at Harvard University2
Choose Your Legislature
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Look Around – Get the Picture
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Drill Down – Get The Facts
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Make A Plan
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Get the Details
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Run The Numbers
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Is it legal? How Well Are You Doing?
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Spread the Word
Share your plans with othersHave a contestMash up and plug in
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Virginia Redistricting Competition Educating Students
150 students on 15 teams at 12 Universities and Colleges
Educating the Public Over 30 news stories, including USA Today and
Washington Post Educating Policy Makers
Three student plans were introduced as bills One student congressional plan demonstrated a
way to increase minority representation, was adopted by the governor’s advisory commission and the approach was adopted by the Democrats.
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Map a State -- Change the Nation
Identify communitiesExplore the alternativesUnderstand political consequences Establish transparencyCatalyze participationCreate alternatives to politics-as-usual
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Public Mapping Software – Features
Create Create districts and plans Identify communities*
Evaluate Visualize Summarize
Population balance Geographic compactness Completeness and contiguity
Report in depth Share
Import & export plans Publish a plan Run a contest
Powered by Open Source
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The Public Mapping Project
Michael McDonaldGeorge Mason UniversityBrookings Institution
Micah AltmanHarvard UniversityBrookings Institution
Robert CheethamAzavea
Supported byThe Sloan FoundationJoyce FoundationAmazon CorporationJudy Ford Wason Center at Christopher
Newport Univ.
Participating OrganizationsMidwest Democracy NetworkArizona Competitive Districts CoalitionVirginia Redistricting Competition
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Mike Fortner Illinois state Representative, 95th District
Carling Dinkler John Tanner's office, Tennessee 8th Congressional District
Mary Wilson Past President, League of Women Voters
Derek Cressman Western Regional Director of State Operations, Common Cause
Anthony Fairfax President, Census Channel
Kimball Brace President, Election Data Services
Gerry HebertExecutive Director, Campaign Legal Center and Americans for Redistricting Reform
Leah Rush Executive Director, Midwest Democracy Network
Nancy Bekavac Director, Scientists and Engineers for America
Karin Mac Donald
Director, Statewide Database, Institute for Government Studies, UC Berkeley
Thomas E. Mann Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Norman J. Ornstein
Senior Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute
Advisory Board
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More Information atwww.publicmapping.org