gerrymander
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On Monday the Court stopped a racial gerrymander in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Alabama can’t use its congressional map with only one majority Black district, reasoning it was likely a discriminatory racial gerrymander that runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act.
From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2023
Would open nonpartisan primaries using ranked voting eliminate some of the incentives to gerrymander?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2022
And when you present maps to a court, judges are struggling to identify what’s a gerrymander mathematically—many of them inspect gerrymanders visually and say this just doesn’t pass the smell test.
From Slate • May 24, 2022
The word "gerrymander" has found its way into English journalism.
From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by Humphreys, John H.
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