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A Minute of Civics – Gerrymandering: An Introduction to Elbridge Gerry

September 5, 2018 Comments Off on A Minute of Civics – Gerrymandering: An Introduction to Elbridge Gerry

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:38 — 3.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Boston Gazette coined the term “gerrymandering,” in 1812, after then-Governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry. As League of Women Voter of Bloomington-Monroe County President Ann Birch explains, Gerry infamously signed a bill that redistricted the state, creating a political district map that was so curvy and complex that …

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