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A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes — mentioned by WalterBright

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:20:50 GMT

Some mathematicians worked out a way to fairly do districting, similar to having one kid cut the cake and the other kid gets first choice: "A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes" by Wesley Pegden, Ariel D. Procaccia, Dingli Yu https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08781

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A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes — mentioned by WalterBright

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:52:09 GMT

This problem has been solved by mathematicians: A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08781 by Wesley Pegden, Ariel D. Procaccia, Dingli Yu

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A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes — mentioned by MengerSponge

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:08:33 GMT

Yes, and it works really well for two parties if both parties are equally informed and competent. https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08781 For n>2 the simple I-cut-you-choose stops working.

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A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes — mentioned by wnoise

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:30:09 GMT

"A Partisan Districting Protocol with Provably Nonpartisan Outcomes" https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08781 Very cool. Though it does freeze in the two-party nature.

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A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes — mentioned by MengerSponge

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:52:54 GMT

Any attempt to completely automate this process is destined to fail, for all the reasons given in this thread. Weighting factors matter, and it is naive to assume that nobody is going to attempt to subvert a nonpartisan board, when so much power is at stake. Don't despair! There's an alternative that generates an equitable outcome between two parties that are trying to screw their rivals: Cake Cutting. https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.08781v1 You've probably heard the basic version of how to fairly divide a piece of cake between two children. Have one of them cut it, then the other choose which…

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A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes — HN submission

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:32:37 GMT

A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes

2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.