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Composition Of The Boundary Authority – ACE
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A substantial majority of the countries that delimit electoral districts employ a specially designated boundary commission or an election management body to draw these boundaries. The legislature s...
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Designation Of A Boundary Authority – ACE
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Countries that delimit electoral districts must designate a boundary authority and establish some machinery for carrying out the task of redistricting. The task assigned to the boundary authority i...
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Partisan Considerations In Choosing A Boundary Authority – ACE
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Since different electoral district configurations produce different election outcomes, even if voting patterns remain constant, the designation of a boundary authority and the powers granted to tha...
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Legal Framework Of Boundary Delimitation – IDEA
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The legal framework for elections should seek to ensure that the boundaries of electoral units are drawn in such a way as to achieve the objective of according equal weight to each vote to the grea...
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Alignment Of Districts With Administrative Boundaries
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In many countries, especially those that employ multimember districts, the boundaries of electoral districts follow the boundaries of existing administrative divisions--usually states or provinces....
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Boundary Delimitation Criteria – Definitions
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The notion that the criteria used in the Boundary Delimitation process should be easily understood by stakeholders.
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Special Provisions For Minority Groups
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Criteria specifying fairness for minority groups within a country focus on the electoral outcome, rather than the process, of redistricting. Electoral systems that rely on single-member districts, ...
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Making The Decision To Use GIS For Redistricting
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Countries contemplating the use of GIS for redistricting need to give careful consideration to the advantages and disadvantages of introducing a GIS. The reasons for adopting such a system need to ...
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Technology For Boundary Delimitation
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Technology can be a very effective tool for conducting electoral boundary delimitation, or redistributions of electoral boundaries. Powerful mapping technologies in particular, such as geographical...
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Use Of Computers and Software For Delimitation – ACE
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Computers can be extremely useful in the delimitation process. They can reduce the time required to draw redistricting plans and also aid in the evaluation of plans. They can produce detailed maps ...
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