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Since 2010, detailed maps and high-speed computing have facilitated gerrymandering by political parties in the redistricting process, in order to gain control of state legislation and congressional representation and potentially to maintain that control over several decades, even against shifting political changes in a state's population.
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al.—abbreviated League of Women Voters v.Commonwealth—was a decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on gerrymandering, concerning the power of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to draw maps based on partisan advantage.
The U.S. Supreme Court recognizes two types of gerrymandering — political and racial. The court considers political gerrymandering to be a “political question,” which it will not address.
In representative electoral systems, gerrymandering (/ ˈ dʒ ɛr i m æ n d ər ɪ ŋ / JERR-ee-man-dər-ing, originally / ˈ ɡ ɛr i m æ n d ər ɪ ŋ / GHERR-ee-man-dər-ing) [1] [2] is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to advantage a party, group, or socioeconomic class within the constituency.
People need to have confidence in government. And one thing that hurts public confidence is gerrymandering.” Agreed. But gerrymandering is still a redistricting tool — just for a different ...
But the most blatantly deliberate obstacle to voting in Indiana is gerrymandering, the practice by the party in power of seizing the opportunity to consolidate votes when constitutionally-required ...
Unbalanced or discriminatory delimitation is called "gerrymandering." [ 2 ] Though there are no internationally agreed processes that guarantee fair delimitation, several organizations, such as the Commonwealth Secretariat , the European Union and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) have proposed guidelines for effective ...
Ohioans don't like gerrymandering, which is why both sides of the Issue 1 debate say they have a solution for it.