Boundary Delimitation: (or districting) the process of drawing electoral districts or voting area boundaries.
District Magnitude: the number of legislative seats assigned to a district.
Redistricting: the periodic delimitation of electoral districts or voting areas for representation purposes.
Electoral District: geographic unit that defines legislative representation (conversion of votes) according to type of electoral system being used.
Voting Areas: (also called polling areas, districts or election precincts) administrative units where all voters within the circumscribed geographic territory are assigned to the same polling place.
Gerrymandering: manipulating the electoral boundaries so as to give undue influence to some party or class; districting or redistricting in a discriminatory manner.
Malapportionment: electoral districts that vary greatly in population
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): technology that is used to view and analyze data from a geographic perspective. This data may exist as maps, 3D virtual models, tables, and/or lists.
Community of Interest: generally thought of as a group of individuals united by shared interests or values.
Boundary Authority: specially designated commission or group that divides a country or region into districts for the election of representatives.
Reapportionment: periodic redrawing of geographic boundaries of electoral districts from which legislative representatives are elected; a primary purpose of early census enumeration
