Redistribution (election)
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Not to be confused with Boundary delimitation.
Redistribution (re-districting in the United States and in the Philippines) is the process by which electoral districts are added, removed, or otherwise changed. Redistribution is a form of boundary delimitation that changes electoral district boundaries, usually in response to periodic census results.[1] Redistribution is required by law or constitution at least every decade in most representative democracy systems that use first-past-the-post or similar electoral systems to prevent geographic malapportionment.[citation needed] The act of manipulation of electoral districts to favour a candidate or party is called gerrymandering.
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