Editorial: End partisan gerrymandering

Drawing the boundary lines of legislative or congressional districts to provide an unfair advantage to one party is a practice with a long if not distinguished pedigree in American politics. The name for this process - gerrymandering - derives from Elbridge Gerry, a Massachusetts governor who in 1812 approved a redistricting plan that included a misshaped district resembling a salamander.

But sophisticated computer software has turned Gerry's salamander into a true monster. It allows a party