The FastMap Redistricting Algorithm: An AI Milestone for a Better American Democracy

• In Event: The Drawing of Consequential Lines: Electoral Rules, Redistricting and Gerrymandering

Brief Overview

Computer algorithms are now better than human experts at creating district maps as evidenced by the performance of the FastMap redistricting algorithm in the Wisconsin Supreme Court case Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission in 2023-24.

Author

• Matthew Petering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee