legislative apportionment: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	legislative delimitation

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Infographic explaining gerrymandering using a grid of 50 people, shown as orange and purple squares, to demonstrate how different ways of drawing five districts can lead to either fair or gerrymandered election outcomes, with some maps reflecting voter proportions and others distorting them.

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Earl Warren

Earl Warren

chief justice of United States