Sentences with phrase «gerrymandered constituency boundaries»
Unless the new gerrymandered constituency boundaries have not yet been agreed.
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Opposition leaders and human rights groups have accused the PAP of gerrymandering and demanded more transparency in the boundary changes of constituencies.
Re-drawing constituency boundaries is a long contentious process and is susceptible to efforts to gerrymander the outcome (to seek unfair advantage from fixing precisely where the boundaries are replaced).
Gerrymandering is most common in countries where elected politicians are responsible for defining constituency boundaries.
Some countries, such as Australia, Canada, and the UK, authorize non-partisan organizations to set constituency boundaries in an attempt to prevent gerrymandering.
Tagged: Constituency Boundaries · Filibustering · Gerrymandering · House of Lords · Parliamentary Reform
The re-delineated boundaries create an imbalance in constituencies, prompting allegations of mal - apportionment and gerrymandering.