Crafty politicians use sophisticated software to manipulate voting districts to ensure they win!

 Using a new program, we have created a map of Pennsylvania Congressional districts that are compact, minimize breaks in political subdivisions, and have exactly equal number populations + or - one person.

What is significant about the rules and this map is that they:

•  Are based on Article II Section 16 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, the 1911 Reapportionment Act (same language for 3 rules) and the 1972 Pennsylvania Congressional Map — 100% consistent with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision in the League of Women Voters v PA case..
  
• Can work in almost any state with any number of districts.
  
  
• Create an objective standard for the courts to detect political gerrymandering and reject partisan maps. 
  
  
• Are likely to yield the lowest number of county splits (e.g., 18 for 2018) and the lowest number of political subdivision splits (e.g., 17 for 2018). 
  
  
• Are easy to use. It took only 20 hours to create this map by hand and less than one hour using a redistricting program.
  
  
•  Provides an answer to Justice Kennedy's plea for a neutral and objective legal standard that will end or severely limit partisan gerrymandering.