"Should past practice prevail, the result will be legislative maps that protect incumbents, sometimes squeezing minority voters in the process. Politics might grow even more polarized.
The nation's governors may be citizens' most likely allies here.
Gerrymandering is as old as the republic. In its very first election, none other than Patrick Henry drew district lines to try to keep James Madison from going to Congress.
In the early 1980s, the legendary Democratic Rep. Phil Burton drew California's plan sitting at Frank Fat's Chinese restaurant in Sacramento."
How to slay a gerrymander
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