Elbridge Gerry in 1812. There are lots of ways to gerrymander. One method is called packing. Using this technique, mapmakers ...

Nick Seabrook breaks down the odd history and continued practice of gerrymandering—what attempts have been made to change it.

An curved arrow pointing right. Over 200 years ago, Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts signed a bill that allowed for the redrawing of electoral district lines. Today, the practice is known ...

On Feb. 19, Wisconsin governor Tony Evers signed new state legislative maps into law, ending a decade-long political and judicial dogfight that culminated in the state supreme court ruling that ...

The term “gerrymander” derives from the lampooning of Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry for approving a redrawn electoral district in 1812 with an unnaturally contorted boundary that ...