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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Redistrict

Redistrict \Re*dis"trict\ (-tr?kt), v. t. To divide into new districts.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
redistrict

"redraw the boundaries of districts," 1838, in U.S. political sense, from re- "again" + district. Related: Redistricted; redistricting.

Wiktionary
redistrict

vb. 1 To adjust the borders of districts of a state or other governmental or administrative entity. 2 (context US politics English) To redraw the borders of the districts represented by legislators or other elected officeholders in accord with changes in population as shown in the decennial census.

Usage examples of "redistrict".

That thereafter elections shall be held only on such days and under such regulations as to ballots, voting, and qualifications of electors as may be prescribed by the Philippine Legislature, to which is hereby given authority to redistrict the Philippine Islands and modify, amend, or repeal any provision of this section, except such as refer to appointive senators and representatives.

The current congressional redistricting effort is nothing more than political gerrymandering of racial quotas in specific districts to secure a Democratic majority in Congress.

Last week, a panel of federal judges intervened to snatch redistricting powers from the Legislature.

Members of both parties are consumed by fear that redistricting will put them out of office, or stack them against a formidable opponent.

Pronounced Sodom again, and no matter that the government redistricting edict was handed down in 1953, when even Vegas was wholesome.

Appalachian Mountains in what used to be Pennsylvania before the redistricting and renaming.

By luck, redistricting had created an open constituency in Sedgefield, adjacent to his home county of Durham.

California, with their voter initiative process, was collecting signatures to get voting rights on the ballot for the next election, though many government workers were moaning about the cost of redistricting to include the lutin hives.

A court decision struck down the system of districts on which the last election had been based and required redistricting with a more equitable division of population.

By: Kim Isaac Eisler Category: nonfiction biography Synopsis: A biography of one of the greatest Supreme Court Justices of this century explores his role in landmark decisions on pornography, libel, desegregation, search and seizure, and legislative redistricting.

The current congressional redistricting effort is nothing more than political gerrymandering of racial quotas in specific districts to secure a Democratic majority in Congress.

Appalachian Mountains in what used to be Pennsylvania before the redistricting and renaming.