MGGG Redistricting Lab

💭The MGGG Redistricting Lab (@gerrymandr) is hiring a Senior Web Developer to redesign Districtr, a tool that promotes citizen involvement in the redistricting process. mggg.org/jobs

Please share if you know folks who might be interested! The MGGG Redistricting Lab does fascinating and important work. And, speaking from experience, they are a delight to collaborate with :-D

Know a web developer looking for a short-term, high impact democracy project? We're hiring! 🎉 Details here: mggg.org/jobs

estimating voter preferences has never been easier. We’ve just put out a new release of PyEI, which wraps state-of-the-art statistical inference methods into a single, simple package: tinyurl.com/einference. learn more about PyEI here! mggg.org/posts/pyei

today our New York City mapping module goes live – making it the 135th location around the country where we have helped governments and community groups collect mapping ideas from the public. districtr.org/tag/NYC2022

Article by @aloni_bologna, Moon Duchin (@gerrymandr), JN Matthews & Bhushan Suwal is the result of a multi-year collaboration studying how #DifferentialPrivacy impacts the #census #data used to draw electoral districts in the US #redistricting hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/954ycugm

read more about our work to support public involvement in redistricting! mggg.org/posts/district…

so far, we’ve collected over 135,000 maps from people around the world. here’s a Utah Congressional map from earlier today… districtr.org/plan/135446

@KevinZollman @CameronC_Clarke we have other research that fits in, too — check out mggg.org or shoot us a PM!

@CameronC_Clarke @gerrymandr Ah, yes! I hadn't thought about gerrymandering, but it fits right in. Good suggestion

I've been contemplating putting together a class on "modeling oppression" which looked at various mathematical and computer simulation models of various forms of oppression. Any thoughts of cool things to include?

The @Reed_College_ Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences welcomes Moon Duchin (@TuftsUniversity and @gerrymandr) Wed March 9 at 7pm for her talk "Is Justice Blind? A Case Study".

We had mathematician Moon Duchin stop by to answer your math questions. Questions like, "When will I ever need to use this equation?" and "How the f*** did Mayans develop the concept of zero?" This is WIRED's Math Support: wired.trib.al/zA4KtFU

@colinjcole @representingwa @colorcoalition @equitabledemo @CampaignLegal @protctdemocracy @NewAmerica @FixOurHouse @RepublicShared @fairvote hey that's us!

Wanna learn more about anything I mentioned or follow some great orgs working in this space? For a start, check out: @representingwa, @colorcoalition, @equitabledemo, @CampaignLegal, @protctdemocracy, @NewAmerica, @gerrymandr, @FixOurHouse, @RepublicShared, or @fairvote! /thread

🧵A small thread on my thoughts re: the future of federal voting rights policy in the United States. 1) We can no longer rely on the federal VRA. It is urgent more states adopt VRA provisions; CA, WA, OR, and VA have done this. More need to join them. campaignlegal.org/update/clc-rep…

I love seeing these popular YouTube videos featuring awesome math/CS folks! Here's one with Moon Duchin (PI of @gerrymandr) for @WIRED, answering math questions from Twitter youtube.com/watch?v=uMMQbc…

got math questions? just ask Moon! youtube.com/watch?v=uMMQbc…

we've just received our 100,000th submission to districtr.org! 🎉🎉🎉 thank you all for joining us in our mission to put the tools of democracy in the hands of the people – and here's to the next 100,000 maps!

@MartinBangratz let us know if there's anything we can do to help!

Dear GIS Twitter, I’m searching for examples of #countermapping, community mapping or critical cartography represented on Twitter. I’d appreciate any accounts or tweets to look out for. #GISchat

Democracy and fairness are hard work. Thanks to the work by @TuftsUniversity’s Moon Duchin & @gerrymandr, and @michiganstateu’s @IPPSR . ippsr.msu.edu/redistricting

@max_vitek @4st8 @JMilesColeman hey... I recognize that color scheme... can't place it tho

@4st8 @JMilesColeman hello @gerrymandr.