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Is it time to replace gerrymandering with Multi-Member Districts? Why isn't this the main VRA conversation?

Reddit r/PoliticalDiscussion·u/genericnameabc·about 1 month ago
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Is it time to replace gerrymandering with Multi-Member Districts? Why isn't this the main VRA conversation? The Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday in *Callais v. Louisiana* has essentially gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by raising the bar for proving discrimination. This decision comes in the middle of an unprecedented "mid-decade redistricting race" where both parties are aggressively redrawing maps to secure House majorities for the 2026 midterms. Most media coverage treats this like a sports rivalry—who is winning the "map war"? And some interviews of voters show that some feel it is necessary to fight back to counter others' efforts and/or they think it's unfair. But very little attention is being paid to a structural fix: Proportional Representation through Multi-Member Districts (MMDs). A five-seat multi-member district using Ranked Choice Voting makes "packing and cracking" mathematically difficult and could enable minority representation.…

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