gerrymander

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True, they have to be appointed, but that has proved to be a better solution in drawing congressional districts, resulting in less gerrymandering than one sees when the task is left to state legislatures.

From Washington Post

Republicans are already dependent on gerrymandering and voter suppression to give them power way beyond what they actually earn at the ballot box.

From Salon

It also means that Wisconsin’s election maps — aggressively gerrymandered by Republicans to give their party enduring control in the state legislature and to send Republicans to Congress — will surely be challenged.

From Washington Post

Law Forward, a Madison-based law firm, is expected to file a lawsuit challenging the state’s voting maps, arguing that partisan gerrymandering violates the state Constitution.

From Los Angeles Times

Although legislative gerrymandering plays a key role in letting representatives choose their constituents, the nation’s “urban/rural polarization” has been a much bigger factor over the past 25 years, Wasserman wrote.

From Washington Post