0 an occasion when someone in authority changes the borders of an area in order to increase the number of people within that area who will vote for a particular party or person: --
But if it gerrymandered the beauty contest, what else is it gerrymandering?
I therefore take it at its face value that this is not sharp gerrymandering, because the official is to be used for some other purpose.
To dilute or alter it would be unacceptable and a move born out of political gerrymandering, not a move in favour of maritime safety.
These standards can be analyzed for their partisan impact and selectively applied to maximize partisan advantage, but, in contrast to blatant malapportionment or gerrymandering, these factors are not inherently partisan.
Were only a few districts gerrymandered for specific incumbents, a gerrymandering that would not show up in a statistical analysis of all of the districts?
This number could easily drop to two under a redistricting system that prevented racial gerrymandering.
The opposition accused the government of electoral fraud, ballot stuffing, miscounts, and gerrymandering.
The second front was what is commonly known as gerrymandering, where electoral boundaries are changed to favour the interests of one party.
