Sentences with phrase «eliminate gerrymandering»

Pros: The non-partisan Citizens Union supports the proposal, saying that while flawed, it will eliminate gerrymandering (drawing the boundaries of districts in a way that gives one party an unfair advantage).

It won't eliminate gerrymandering, either, although it reduces its maximum effectiveness to about a 1.71 to 1 ratio (about 12 to 7.)

Not exact matches

«He pledged to eliminate the tricks and gerrymanders that guarantee the reelection of incumbents, thus preserving our failed system of state government.»

Gerrymandering: at the moment, the system is biased towards Labour; the other changes as I understand them, which are not subject to the referendum and therefore irrelevant to this debate, will reduce (but not eliminate) this bias.