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chrise: It's under colonist, not voter.

....still trying to fine the history site....

I just think of a colonist as someone who colonizes for colonizing purposes, in a colony.

http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/spring07/elections.cfm

Thanks jazzy - but that's just about who had the franchise to vote. What is the significance of "set up for election purposes"? It seems that most of the colonists were not voters!

also found this:
colonize : to place voters in an area to decide a closely-fought election (US)

good lord! i'm not about to read all that Jazzy, i'll take your word for it :-)
need to go out now, byeee.

That makes more sense, though I thought it was called "gerrymandering".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering

..........although that might be more to do with moving boundaries rather than voters.

same thing