Editing Gerrymandering (section)

=== Redistricting by partisan competition ===
Many redistricting reforms seek to remove partisanship to ensure fairness in the redistricting process. The [[I cut, you choose|I-cut-you-choose]] method achieves fairness by putting the two major parties in direct competition. I-cut-you-choose is a [[fair division]] method to divide resources amongst two parties, regardless of which party cuts first.<ref>{{cite arXiv|title=A partisan districting protocol with provably nonpartisan outcomes|last1=Pegden|first1=Wesley|date=24 October 2017 <!-- |publisher=Cornell University --> |class=cs.GT|eprint=1710.08781}}</ref> This method typically relies on assumptions of contiguity of districts, but ignores all other constraints such as keeping communities of interest together.  This method has been applied to nominal redistricting problems,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/how-the-i-cut-you-choose-method-of-redistricting-could-fix-a-broken-system.html|title=A new method of redistricting could solve gerrymandering|last1=Riedel|first1=Will|date=27 February 2018|publisher=Slate.com|access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> but it generally has less public interest than other types of redistricting reforms. The I-cut-you-choose concept was popularized by the board game ''Berrymandering''. Problems with this method arise when minor parties are shut out of the process, which will reinforce the [[two-party system]]. Additionally, while this method is provably fair to the two parties creating the districts, it is not necessarily fair to the communities they represent.