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A Computer-Based System for Forming Efficient Election Districts

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  • E. S. Savas

    (Office of the Mayor, City of New York, New York)

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The Office of the Mayor of the City of New York, with the cooperation of the Board of Elections, has completed a pilot project that demonstrated that a computerized system for drawing election district lines would arrest the persistent decline in the efficiency with which voting machines are utilized, and could therefore be used to: (1) reduce voter delays at polling places; (2) equalize delays among election districts; (3) reduce the vulnerability of election districts to voting machine breakdowns; (4) reduce the cost of conducting elections by up to one million dollars annually; (5) permit convenient redistricting whenever required by changes in political boundaries, election laws, or population shifts; (6) facilitate analysis of voter registration. However, the value of this system is even broader than these points indicate. Its capability to manipulate geographic data is an important element of a generalized management information, mapping, and analysis system that the city is developing.

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  • E. S. Savas, 1971. "A Computer-Based System for Forming Efficient Election Districts," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 19(1), pages 135-155, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:19:y:1971:i:1:p:135-155
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.19.1.135
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