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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or practice of rearranging (a State or other territory) into new electoral districts.

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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of redistrict.

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  • "Monday's stunning switch in party control of the New York state Senate will trigger a wide array of consequences, from complicating efforts to deal with the state's fiscal challenges to possibly helping Republicans curb their losses in post-2010 congressional redistricting."

    - Louis Jacobs, New York's Legislature Gets Even More Dysfunctional, nationaljournal.com, 9 June 2009.

    June 10, 2009

  • Who knew it was possible for the NYC legislature to become more dysfunctional?

    June 10, 2009