of the state governments
state legislatures
a gerrymander .
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Representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives are elected by the people of voting age in their districts. When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. -Constitution of the United States of America
The members of the House of Representatives vote to select the Speaker.
The election districts for each state legislature and the United States House of Representatives are determined by the state legislature in each individual state. The election districts are drawn every 10 years.
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They are elected based upon the census counts of each state according to the reapportionment allotments every 10 years based on how the congressional districts are drawn.
Texas Legislature
Usually they are drawn outdoors, outside the house on the ground
It is gerrymandering.
The House with the Drawn Shades - 1915 was released on: USA: 16 September 1915
Gerrymandering is done so that representatives can be guaranteed to be reelected. For example, a district is drawn so that it looks very unusual (example searching "Luis Gutierrez's 4th Congressional District" on Google Images), but the representatives know that the people in the district they have drawn all have similar views, views that can get said representative reelected because of the way they view their candidate.Gerrymandering is also done to change the final proportion of representatives one side to favour one party. It does this by "cracking and packing": "cracking" means cracking majority support for the other party, by removing your opponent's supporters and/or adding your own supporters. "Packing" means putting all of your opposition supporters into fewer districts, so that they are weaker elsewhere. As a result, a party can end up with more power than their popular vote, for example: receive 35% of the popular vote, but 60% of the seats.