The word “gerrymander” comes from an 1812 political cartoon drawn to parody Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry’s re-drawn senate districts. The cartoon depicts one of the bizarrely shaped districts in the contorted form of a fork-tongued salamander. Since 1812, gerrymandering has been increasingly used as a tool to divide and distort the electorate.
RT @thione: This travesty of democracy must end #FairMap #EndVoterLockout dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…
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rob delaney (@robdelaney) February 27, 2017
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