Jurists Max Baer and Maureen Lally-Green Discuss Gerrymandering and Free and Fair Elections by David Geary on August 9, 2018 share Max Baer Gerrymandering (soft “g”) is the redrawing of electoral boundaries to unfairly favor one group or political party over the other. Named for Elbridge Gerry (hard “g”) who as governor of Massachusetts came up