What is Congressional redistricting?
Redistricting is the process of redrawing district boundaries when a state has more representatives than districts. When does redistricting occur? Redistricting occurs every ten years, [after] the [U.S.] census. Why does the U.S. House have to be redistricted? The U.S. Constitution requires congressional seats to be reapportioned among the states after each … census. Because the Supreme Court in the 1960s interpreted the Constitution to require that each U.S. House district have equal numbers of people, any state with more than one district must adjust its district lines. Who is in charge of redistricting? State legislators and governors re-draw the boundaries of the U.S. House districts, although Congress has the right to regulate and modify state plans. TERM LIMITS FOR GOVERNORS: (from wisegeek.com) • The laws about term limits for governors in the United States vary from state to state. • Each state determines its own system, and the rules can get a bit entangled and complex, at l
