UVM mathematicians invent tool to judge when voting maps have been unfairly drawn

News Release — UVMMarch 21, 2018
Contact:Joshua Brown, 802-656-3039, joshua.brown@uvm.edu
A New Angle on Gerrymanders
In 1812, the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, approved a narrow and winding voting district for the state senate that curved from Marblehead around to Salisbury. It looked like a long-necked salamander, Federalist newspaper editors declared. They labeled the district “The Gerry-Mander,” and the Salem-Gazette warned that it was a “monster brought