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Gerrymandering: Violates First Amendment?

Gerrymandering: Violates First Amendment?

Fair representation is supposed to be the goal of legislative mapmaking. Partisan gerrymandering hijacks that process, allowing political power brokers — not voters — to pick winners and losers. By rearranging the map to place your vote where it suits their needs, politicians stifle your voice. Is it any wonder your lawmakers listen to their party leaders instead of to you?