districtbuilder -- syracuse presentation
DESCRIPTION
Overview of DistrictBuilder SoftwareTRANSCRIPT
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Prepared for: New York Redistricting Project1
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Now…Public Access Redistricting
Open Data Open Access Open SourcePrepared for: New York Redistricting Project2
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Choose Your Legislature
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Look Around – Get the Picture
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Drill Down – Get The Facts
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Make A Plan
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Get the Details
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Run The Numbers
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Is it legal? How Well Are You Doing?
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Spread the Word
Share your plans with othersHave a contestMash up and plug in
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
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Completed Redistricting Competitions
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Seven competitions in different states
Hundreds of legal plans – each an alternative to politics as usual
Thousands of active participants
Millions of viewers
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Increasing Public Participation
Interest
Information Seeking
Debate & Commentary
Propose Alternatives
Consultative Government
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Get the data
Evaluate maps
Draw the Lines
"For the first time in U.S. history, a court has allowed the public to submit their own redistricting maps for consideration."
Watch theNews
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Based on Principles of Transparency
All redistricting plans should include sufficient information such that the public can verify, reproduce, and
evaluate a plan.
OPEN DATAOPEN SOURCEOPEN PROCESS
See: Principles for Transparency and Public Participation in Redistricting [http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0617_redistricting_statement.aspx] Prepared for: New York Redistricting Project
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Where Do We Go From Here?
1990• GIS• Profession
al Only
2000• Web• Provide
public information
2010• Web/GIS
“2.0”• Public
Engagement
2020 • ???• Public
Government Collaboration?
• Social collaboration?
• “CAD” tools?
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CREDITS
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Public Mapping Software – Features
Create Create districts and plans Identify communities*
Evaluate Visualize Summarize
Population balance Geographic compactness Completeness and contiguity
Report in depth Share
Import & export plans Publish a plan Run a contest
Powered by Open Source
* Coming soon Prepared for: New York Redistricting Project17
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The Public Mapping Project
Michael McDonaldGeorge Mason UniversityBrookings Institution
Micah AltmanHarvard UniversityBrookings Institution
Robert CheethamAzavea
Supported byThe Sloan FoundationJoyce FoundationAmazon CorporationJudy Ford Wason Center at Christopher
Newport Univ.
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The DistrictBuilder software was developed by the Public Mapping Project with software engineering and implementation services provided by Azavea
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Mike Fortner Illinois state Representative, 95th District
Carling Dinkler John Tanner's office, Tennessee 8th Congressional District
Mary Wilson Past President, League of Women Voters
Derek Cressman Western Regional Director of State Operations, Common Cause
Anthony Fairfax President, Census Channel
Kimball Brace President, Election Data Services
Gerry HebertExecutive Director, Campaign Legal Center and Americans for Redistricting Reform
Leah Rush Executive Director, Midwest Democracy Network
Nancy Bekavac Director, Scientists and Engineers for America
Karin Mac Donald
Director, Statewide Database, Institute for Government Studies, UC Berkeley
Thomas E. Mann Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Norman J. Ornstein
Senior Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute
Advisory Board
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Map a State -- Change the Nation
Identify communitiesExplore the alternativesUnderstand political consequences Establish transparencyCatalyze participationCreate alternatives to politics-as-usual
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Launch Your Own Competitionwww.districtbuilder.org
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More Information atwww.publicmapping.org