CLEP US Government

Category - Gov. Institutions

How are districts for the House of Representatives chosen?
  1. The maps are drawn by the House of Representatives.
  2. State legislatures draw the maps.
  3. State courts draw the maps.
  4. Special non-partisan committees draw the maps.
  5. It is done at the state level, but different states do it different ways.
Explanation
Answer: E - District lines are re-drawn by the states at least every ten years to represent population changes, but the Constitution does not dictate how the lines should be drawn. A majority of states re-draw district lines through the state legislatures, which frequently makes it a highly partisan process. A few states have a non-partisan or bi-partisan committee of retired judges draw the maps. One state is actually looking at having the lines be drawn by computer program.
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