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(From left) Congressman Jim Matheson; Congressman John Tanner; former Congressman, former presidential candidate and FairVote Chairman John B. Anderson; Congressman Jim Cooper; Congressman Charles Melancon; and Congressman Allen Boyd display a gerrymandered birthday cake. The representatives joined colleagues and other voters' rights groups to recognize the 261st birthday of Elbridge Gerry, the father of
"gerrymandering," the partisan process that would be restricted by the Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act.