One reform takes the power to draw the districts of state legislators and congressmen away from those legislators and gives it to an independent redistricting commission, which first met this week.

其中一项改革将原属于州议会的划分选区的权利交给了这周新成立的一个旨在重新划分选区的独立委员会。

A 2003 redistricting effort, in the most notorious example, was so cantankerous that at one point 53 Democrats fled to Oklahoma so as to deprive the House of a quorum.

一个众所周知的例子，2003年重画学区的结果，由于互相不合作，最后one民主党人逃到了俄克拉荷马州，于是被剥夺了众议院的席位。

Potential increase in state redistricting costs once every ten years due to two entities performing redistricting.

可能会增加国家费用重新划分选区一次十年由于两个实体的表演重新划分选区。

When redistricting begins in 2011, several red states will gain congressional seats. Many blue states will lose them.

在2011年重新划分选区时，一些红色州将增加众议员席位数，而许多蓝色州会减少席位。

Republican gains in the elections last month will strengthen their power in the redistricting process that is to begin next year.

共和党在11月中期选举的获胜将提升其在明年选区重划过程中的实力。

In America's Congress the moderate centre-conservative Democrats and liberal republicans-has collapsed, in part because partisan redistricting has handed over power to the extremes.

在美国稳健的保守民主党和自由的共和党为中心的议会已经崩溃，部分是因为盲从的重新分区将权利转交到了极端。

Republicans involved in redistricting this time around say they cannot be too aggressive if their handiwork is to have any hope of surviving.

这次，参与重新划分选区的共和党成员说，他们不能做得太过，因为划分的结果只怕很快又受新变化影响。