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1 Know Your Lines 1 (2011)

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If you care about political power, representation, or public
policy, then you care about redistricting.








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         Members  of Congress, state legislators, and many
city council and school board members are elected by people
grouped into districts. At least once per decade-usually after
the Census-those  districts are redrawn.
                             Why?  People move. Families
                    grow. The lines are adjusted to ensure
                    that each district has about the same
                    number of people and, as a result, that
                    each person has an equal say in the gov-
                    ernment, as required by the Constitution.
                             But redistricting isn't simple.
                    Even with equal populations, districts
                    can be drawn to give some people more
                    voting power than others.
                             Redistricting can determine who wins an election.
                    It also affects who controls school boards, city councils, state
                    legislatures, Congress, and other governing bodies.
                             Ultimately, redistricting impacts which laws get
                    passed and which don't. In other words, it affects all of us.

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