The Feb. 25 Morning Call article about reducing gerrymandering (“Opponents of gerrymandering are recruiting a citizen army as Pennsylvania’s 2022 redistricting approaches”) was quite entertaining. Anytime today’s politicians use computer software to decide voting districts it is probable they are scheming to gain favor for someone.
Why not select a group of people like we do for jury duty? Give them maps of the districts to be changed and the populations of each and make them equal.
You don’t need computer skills for this, because it was done without them for hundreds of years. The folks doing the work must be disinterested parties.
In today’s partisan politics, this must be kept above board and as free from interference as possible.
After serious thought, I believe the only way to get real representation is term limits. It is service to the people, not a long-term career.
Andrew Lockwood
Emmaus
