Tag: vote dilution

• DSSG Project Supports Equity in Voting District Boundaries

  

  By: Emily Keller-O’Donnell As states, counties, cities and school boards across the country prepare to re-draw their voting districts in 2021, a software package that is being updated through the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program will help to ensure equal representation among constituents. Voting district boundaries are re-drawn after each Census to account for…

• Data Science for Social Good launches projects on polarized voting and online disinformation

  

  By: Emily Keller-O’Donnell On June 15th, the University of Washington’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer program began with eight fellows working on two project teams in collaboration with data scientists from the eScience Institute and project leads from academic institutions and nonprofit organizations. Student fellows joined the program from colleges and universities around…