David Shmoys, Wes Gurnee ’20 on Ranked Choice Voting as Hedge Against Influence of Gerrymandering
By Tom Fleischman for the Cornell Chronicle
New research lays out in detail why ranked-choice voting, combined with multi-member legislative districts, promotes fair representation, particularly when it comes to blunting gerrymandering – the party in power’s ability to map a district to its political advantage.