Gerrymandering Is

question 13

Multiple Choice

Gerrymandering is

• A)the science of drawing voting district lines to meet the demands of the court ruling in Baker v.Carr (1962).
• B)a salamander that was humorously elected to the Massachusetts state legislature in 1812.
• C)a new term created by Chief Justice Earl Warren in Reynolds v.Sims (1964).
• D)the practice of drawing voting district lines creatively to serve partisan purposes.

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