The word "redraw" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of drawing something again, or when referring to a revision of an agreement. For example: "The two countries had to redraw their border agreement after the recent conflict."
One reason for the shocking lack of turnover of congressmen is gerrymandering: when they get the chance, both parties redraw electoral maps to favour themselves.
But in any system it is time to redraw boundaries when distortions have reached this level (something for others, such as Britain and Japan, to note).
The government proposes to redraw constituencies to make them much more equal in terms of voter population, and to shrink the House of Commons from 650 to 600 members.
The plan to redraw constituencies and shrink MP numbers is part of a pair of electoral changes that the government will put to Parliament on September 6th.
The break-up of the Balkans showed how much blood is spilled when people redraw their borders using force.
The founding act of his new order was to redraw a frontier using arguments that could be deployed to inflame territorial disputes in dozens of places around the world.
This would acknowledge India's refusal to redraw boundaries, Pakistan's to accept the "line of control" that divides Indian- from Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, and also the growing "irrelevance" of borders in the modern world.
Today's Rheingau Rieslings are again winning accolades, putting the era of cheap and sickly German wines such as Liebfraumilch to rest.But warmer average temperatures are threatening to redraw the wine map.
So when Peru's government asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to redraw the maritime boundary between the two countries, many Peruvians saw a chance to heal wounded national pride.In its long-awaited ruling on January 27th the court duly awarded Peru control of some 50,000 sq km of ocean but confirmed Chile's hold over inshore waters rich in fish.
Some 1,600 years have passed since they began to redraw the boundaries of Europe, yet their names are best remembered for the anti-social and savage behaviour always associated with Vandals, Goths and Huns.
Few Lib Dems are great fans of AV, a system that Mr Clegg once called a "miserable little compromise" before accepting it as a "baby step" towards PR.The Tories have their prize already: a plan to redraw constituencies has passed into law, and boundary commissioners have been told to complete their work by October 2013.
