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reˈdistrict, v. U.S.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To divide or apportion anew into districts. Hence reˈdistricting vbl. n.; also attrib.
1850in Hist. Pelham, Mass. (1898) 198 Voted..a committee to redistrict the town. 1870Trans. Illinois Agric. Soc. VII. 510 Mr. Flag moved that the subject of redistricting the State be referred to a special committee of nine. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. I. i. xiii. 165 note, When Massachusetts was being re-districted. 1890N.Y. Weekly Tribune 22 Oct. 12/3 Democratic rascalities in redistricting and in voting and counting will not prevent but will hasten and insure the passage of a bill to secure fair Congressional elections in future. 1949Illinois State Register (Springfield) 1 Feb. 6/4 States throughout the nation are eyeing the Illinois plan for redistricting schools which has proved to be a tax saver as well as a more efficient means of educating youths. 1973Time 25 June 18/3 He supports busing and the redistricting of the Richmond school system to achieve racial balance. 1977Time 21 Mar. 57/2 The mock rebellion is a protest against a redistricting plan under which Martha's Vineyard will lose the seat that it has had in the Massachusetts legislature for 285 years. 1980Christian Sci. Monitor (Midwestern ed.) 4 Dec. 5/1 The shift will be reflected in a gain of congressional seats by the region, when the US House of Representatives is redistricted on the basis of the 1980 census. |