gerrymander
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But that same precedent mostly allowed lawmakers to gerrymander for the purpose of ensuring minority citizens had minority representation corresponding to their share of the population.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Ultimately, of course, even if California adopts a principled, automated redistricting system, Texas may gerrymander anyway.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
For his part, Graves said he never believed his map was an illegal racial gerrymander, as Garcia’s lawsuit asserts.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024
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
Further, as the legislature apportioned the various electoral districts, the dominant party could, by means of the gerrymander, entrench itself even in unfriendly localities.
From The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization by Orth, Samuel Peter
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