Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To divide again into districts, especially to give new boundaries to administrative or election districts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To divide or apportion again, as a State, into districts or other electoral units.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To divide into new districts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To adjust the borders of
districts of a state or other governmental or administrative entity. - verb US, politics To
redraw the borders of the districts represented by legislators or other electedofficeholders in accord with changes in population as shown in thedecennial census .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
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"If they redistrict me into Lake Erie, I have a houseboat, I can live there."
Fears Fly Over Redistricting Devlin Barrett 2010
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The census this year means that we must reapportion, redistrict both the U.S.
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Schneiderman, a senator from Manhattan's Upper West Side for 12 years, said he's led reform efforts in Albany, where the Senate leadership eight years ago tried to redistrict him out of the Legislature.
Eric Schneiderman, 'Sheriff Of Wall Street,' Elected As NY Attorney General The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The voting rights act bars actions that dilute minority voting strength, but how the courts will interpret individual redistrict plans remains an open question.
Latino Population Surge Poses Challenge to GOP Patrick O'Connor 2011
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BHO and his clandestine operatives have been planning this ever since they decided to manipulate the U.S. Census to redistrict.
Moe Lane gets something wrong. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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He called on city officials to redistrict and give blacks a more representative voice in the political affairs in the city.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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"The only way that they could conceivably add more Republicans to Florida without violating Florida's own fair redistricting standards would be to redistrict into Bermuda and the Cayman Islands," Israel joked.
'Fairness' in Florida and how it could help Democrats Aaron Blake 2011
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Schneiderman, a senator from Manhattan's Upper West Side for 12 years, said he's led reform efforts in Albany, where the Senate leadership eight years ago tried to redistrict him out of the Legislature.
Eric Schneiderman, 'Sheriff Of Wall Street,' Elected As NY Attorney General The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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