michael mcdonald at open economics workshop
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A SSOCIAT E P ROF ESSORG EORG E M A SO N UN IV ERSIT Y
NON- RESIDENT SEN IOR FELLOWBROOK ING S INST ITUT IO N
ELECT IONS.G M U.EDU
Dr. Michael McDonald
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
DATA FORMAT
USE: CAUTIONARY TALE
Open Data
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
Open Data
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The Problem: Do as I say, not as I do…
United States redistricting:Highly decentralized: to states and localitiesHighly politicized: those drawing districts are
those who represent them.Highly litigated: political losers seek redress
from the courts.Closed process: data and software generally
not widely available. Little public input.
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www.districtbuilder.orgwww.publicmapping.org
Michael McDonaldGeorge Mason UniversityBrookings Institution
Micah AltmanMITBrookings Institution
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Builds on Best-of-Class Open Source Software
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Where has DistrictBuilder been used?
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Used in 10 states
More than 1000 legal plans created by the public
Thousands of public participants
Millions of viewers
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How has DistrictBuilder been used?
PPR-México 8
For Transparency: Dissemination Public understanding Evaluation/comparison
For Education: Staff training Classroom teaching Student competitions
For Participation: Integrated into official decision
process Non-partisan public organizations
For Election Administration:
Internal collaboration/analysis sharing
Support for commission
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DATA FORMAT
Open Data
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Google/Pew Voting Information Project
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Google/Pew Voting Information Project
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USE: CAUTIONARY TALE
Open Data
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Purposeful Misuse of Open Data
Early voting – some U.S. states permit persons to vote in advance of the election.
Primaries – elections where party nominees are selected by voters
Party registration – some states restrict participation in primaries to persons who register with a party
Some states publish on the web real-time open data on early voters
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Purposeful Misuse of Open Data
Ohio Critical battleground state would likely determine
winner of presidential election Permits early voting Does not have party registration, but records last
party primary a voter participated in as “party” ~0.5 million voted in 2012 Democratic primary ~1.3 million voted in 2012 Republican primary
Ohio localities publish individual records of early voters on the web.
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Purposeful Misuse of Open Data
Professors at the University of Akron knowingly published a report of Ohio early voting statistics by what they called “party registration” to claim Romney was winning Ohio
Disseminated by Romney campaignReported by news organizations like CNN
and FOX
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A SSOCIAT E P ROF ESSORG EORG E M A SO N UN IV ERSIT Y
NON- RESIDENT SEN IOR FELLOWBROOK ING S INST ITUT IO N
ELECT IONS.G M U.EDU
Dr. Michael McDonald