Experiementing with redistricting; a new working paper

iSolon.org, a policy research organization examining democracy for the information age, recently published a working paper evaluating British Columbia’s experiment with an independent commission charged with reforming its electoral system, including changing political district boundaries.

But instead of using appointed commissioners, it used randomly selected citizens. The new model represents the newest innovation to open up the political process to a a nonpartisan public. Read the report, which could have some clues about taking a similar approach here in the U.S.: “The Case for Redistricting Juries.”