The issue has focused attention on how electoral gerrymandering undermines Malaysia's claims to democracy.
Recent developments in California, however, offer a glimmer of hope for ending gerrymandering and gridlock.
For Republicans in the House of Representatives, gerrymandering has made this even more important.
Because most states still let their legislators do this redrawing, gerrymandering has remained a problem.
But on November 2nd a big blow could be struck against the ancient practice of gerrymandering.
Gerrymandering has made congressional elections into a farce in which only one district in seven is competitive.
In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez has engineered the electoral rules with some of the world's most sophisticated gerrymandering.
Thanks to a bipartisan yen for gerrymandering, virtually all electoral districts are safely Democratic or safely Republican.
They know that both Democrats and Republicans practice gerrymandering to protect their incumbents, and they find this exasperating.
Gerrymandering refers to his redrawing of the political map while governor of Massachusetts.
In nonreferendum states the hacks might be willing to swear off gerrymandering as of a distant future date, like 2030.
But Jackson predicted the South will return to gerrymandering and more at-large elections if the Supreme Court voids part of the law.
The second effect of racial gerrymandering is less obvious, but more important.
This has already proved politically contentious in Wales with opposition parties accusing the Labour Government of gerrymandering and acting for its own political ends.
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Winding up the debate on the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill on 6 September 2010, shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain called the proposals "blatant gerrymandering".
They have done so at a time when Texas's redistricting plan has stirred controversy and when the Colorado courts have just struck down a local gerrymandering scheme.
That gives Labour an opening: though the party actually backed AV in its 2010 election manifesto, it now opposes any bill that involves what it calls gerrymandering.
It is time to realize that gerrymandering, campaign finance practices and the embrace of extra-constitutional traditions like filibuster rules deepen the divides that have made Washington dysfunctional.
Because of such questions, lower courts have interpreted Davis v Bandemer to demand a tough standard: plaintiffs must prove gerrymandering would shut a party out of politics altogether.
Such gerrymandering can be extremely partisan when the majority party in a legislature draws districts that favour its candidates, as the Republicans did in Texas a decade ago.
As for the tricky anti-gerrymandering measure, that wins 71% approval.
Mayorkas says he is concerned about the gerrymandering charges.
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But, if proportional representation solves some of the difficulties of not having a second chamber, there is still the problem of stopping the Scottish parliament from tampering with or even gerrymandering its electoral system.
Legal challenges and accusations of gerrymandering inevitably follow.
One answer to that is gerrymandering which makes for safe districts for incumbents who toe the line and pose a danger for any Congressman who engages in compromise to get something done for the greater good.
Jack Straw, the home secretary, who is responsible for the new legislation, is at pains to defend himself against charges of gerrymandering: the new law will not take effect until mid-2002, after the next general election.
California's notorious gerrymandering has compounded the problem.
The Conservatives say the changes - making all seats roughly the same size in terms of registered voters - would help address a historic bias in the electoral system but Labour have accused them of "gerrymandering" - manipulating areas to get a favourable result.
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