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

California voters approved the redistricting plan proposed in Proposition 50 by nearly 20 points in a special election this month.

From Los Angeles Times

The passage of the redistricting measure triggered a statewide game of musical chairs, setting in motion the chairs as well as the players.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2020, he won his current seat, holding it for the next two terms after it was redrawn during statewide redistricting in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times

To the contrary, Moore held the opposite, concluding that state courts can play a legitimate, meaningful role in congressional redistricting.

From Slate

Constitution’s elections clause—which, she asserted, “vests redistricting responsibility exclusively” in the state Legislature.

From Slate