redistrict

verb re·dis·trict \ (ˌ)rē-ˈdi-(ˌ)strikt \

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

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Definition of redistrict

redistricted; redistricting; redistricts

transitive verb

: to divide anew into districts; specifically : to revise the legislative districts of

intransitive verb

: to revise legislative districts

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Examples of redistrict in a Sentence

The town was redistricted last year.

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In North Carolina, Ullman is excited about attorney Anita Earls, who is campaigning for a Supreme Court seat after helping to challenge the state’s redistricting laws.

— bridget read, Vogue, "Meet the Young Female Filmmaker With a Gun-Reform Super PAC," 2 June 2018
Months of work Betker said that redistricting the city to accommodate nine aldermen could take months of work.

— darryl enriquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Should government in Waukesha be downsized?," 16 May 2018
If the court will find a state’s redistricting efforts so infected with partisan bias that it must be thrown out, something the justices have never done before.

— james hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: The Supreme Court has a blockbuster season," 3 May 2018
For a state to redistrict its congressional seats again in the middle of the decade was almost unheard of.

— richard pildes, Washington Post, "Why gerrymandering is going to get even worse," 26 Apr. 2018
Hosted by the Public Policy Institute of California, featured speakers include Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, chairman of the elections and redistricting committee and PPIC President Mark Baldassare.

— emily cadei and angela hart, sacbee, "Gas tax repeal gets more cash from California GOP | The Sacramento Bee," 24 Apr. 2018
Carmel schools: Talks of closing, redistricting elementary schools as enrollment drops IPS game plan to improve sports: Engage more kids, prevent poaching, improve facilities Interim Supt.

— arika herron, Indianapolis Star, "Report: IPS superintendent Lewis Ferebee is finalist to run Los Angeles schools," 17 Apr. 2018
There are also redistricting reform efforts underway in Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Colorado and other states worthy of your support.

— john delaney, Time, "Congressman: 97% of Americans Want One Kind of Gun Control. Here’s Why Congress Hasn’t Acted," 13 Apr. 2018
The solution is to take redistricting out of the hands of politicians and use a computer program to create the districts, with the minimum length of the district boundaries being the goal.

— WSJ, "Gerrymanders Are Better Designed by Judges," 5 Apr. 2018

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Definition of redistrict for English Language Learners

: to divide (a town, state, etc.) into new political or school districts

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transitive verb re·dis·trict \ ˌrē-ˈdis-trikt \

legal Definition of redistrict

: to divide anew into districts; specifically : to revise the legislative districts of

intransitive verb

: to revise legislative districts

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