redistricting

American  

[ree-dis-trik-ting] / riˈdɪs trɪk tɪŋ /

noun

1. the activity or process of dividing an area or region into new districts, such as for administrative or electoral purposes.

   The program is focused on issues of voting rights and elections, money in politics, and redistricting and representation.

   As school committee chair, she was tasked with a complicated and controversial redistricting of the town’s elementary schools.

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Etymology

Origin of redistricting

redistrict ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

A spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who led the rare middecade redistricting effort and is one of the respondents in the lawsuit, did not immediately respond to a request for coverage.

From Los Angeles Times

Attorneys for the GOP also tried to prove racial intent by focusing on public comments made by Paul Mitchell, the redistricting expert who drew up the new California map for the California Legislature.

From Los Angeles Times

Dozens of California politicians and Sacramento insiders — from GOP Assembly members to Democratic redistricting expert Paul Mitchell — have been called to testify in a Los Angeles federal courtroom over the next few days.

From Los Angeles Times

Mitchell, the redistricting expert who drew up the maps, is likely to be a key figure in this week’s battle.

From Los Angeles Times

Other states where redistricting efforts have been initiated or passed include Utah, Ohio, New Hampshire, Missouri and Illinois.

From BBC