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District, with different representatives, and a different polling polling >> >> on election day for the primaries, i walked in there and they said that i couldnt vote because i wasnt registered in the district. >> reporter: so you registered to vote on campus, but the dorm you lived in meant that you actually couldnt vote on >> campus? >> i had i had to vote on a location, off camp >> reporter: nick >> reporter: nick knight and love caesar are students here. they spent a lot of time helping othe...

Appropriate nowadays? >> all maps are absolutely a political endeavor. everyone who draws maps or who engages in this process is going to have some kind of bias. >> reporter: so maybe should someone like you not be drawing the maps? >> so who would draw up the maps >> reporter: then? >> reporter: the supreme court is supposed to make a decision on gerrymandering before new maps are drawn in 2020. if it is ruled unconstitutional, well probably see more limits on using partisan politics to make ma...

Struck down that states congressional map after democrats charged that the 18 districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to benefit republicans. they had a pretty good case, even though democrats outnumber republicans in the state, the republicans hold a 13-5 advantage in congressional seats. and thats because after the 2010 census, the gop-controlled legislature drew up wildly gerrymandered districts like pennsylvanias 7th district which is not so affectionately known as goofy kicking dona...

They had a pretty good case, even though democrats outnumber republicans in the state, the republicans hold a 13-5 advantage in congressional seats. and thats because after the 2010 census, the gop-controlled legislature drew up wildly gerrymandered districts like pennsylvanias 7th district which is not so affectionately known as goofy kicking donald duck. they could not agree to a new fair map. republicans unsuccessfully appealed to the u.s. supreme court in a hail mary to keep the old map. tha...