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Gerrymandering is required by the voting rights act. An redistricting that changes the racial make up of a district can be challenged in court. So when demograp
by wang_li 10y ago
Gerrymandering is required by the voting rights act. An redistricting that changes the racial make up of a district can be challenged in court. So when demographics change over the decades, the districts have to be drawn in more and more convoluted ways so as to not disenfranchise a racial minority.
- yeukhon 10y agoGerrymandering is a practice of taking advantage of the redistricting requirement which can be banned. You can have Jerrymandering if you want. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering
- germinalphrase 10y agoThat is certainly one use of gerrymandering. Alternatively, it can be used to reduce the functional impact of minority votes to secure additional legislator seats for Republicans. This is the case in Wisconsin, though the prior redistricting maps have been found to unconstitutionally disenfranchise minority voters and must be redrawn before the 2018 elections. Really, it's ridiculous that voting districts maps are drawn by political parties at all. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/judges-to-state-redraw-legislative-districts-before-election/article_bff10235-7420-57f0-a185-c0f8939ca9b4.html http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/jud...