Redistricting in the United States
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:politics
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| gptkbp:affects |
state legislatures
representation in the U.S. House of Representatives |
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:district
state legislative districts |
| gptkbp:cause |
gerrymandering
|
| gptkbp:challenge |
gptkb:judge
|
| gptkbp:conductedBy |
state legislatures
|
| gptkbp:firstObserved |
after the first U.S. Census in 1790
|
| gptkbp:frequency |
every 10 years
|
| gptkbp:governedBy |
gptkb:state_order
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Redistricting in the United States
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
court rulings
demographic changes partisan interests population shifts |
| gptkbp:mandate |
gptkb:U.S._Constitution
|
| gptkbp:mayInclude |
public controversy
litigation public input political negotiations |
| gptkbp:occursAfter |
census
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
redraw electoral district boundaries
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gerrymandering
apportionment reapportionment |
| gptkbp:reviewedBy |
federal courts
state governors public comment public hearings state courts state attorneys general state secretaries of state Department of Justice (in some cases) |
| gptkbp:sometimesCalled |
remapping
redivision redrawing of district lines |
| gptkbp:sometimesConductedBy |
independent commissions
bipartisan commissions judicial panels |
| gptkbp:sometimesResultsIn |
legal disputes
changes in political power majority-minority districts |
| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 one person, one vote principle |
| gptkbp:usedFor |
gptkb:software
gptkb:geographic_information_systems |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Moore_v._Harper
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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