The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word GERRYMANDER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GERRYMANDER
- Unequally carve up goose, madly merry tucking in
- Rig vote in plant across railway
- Fix start without heartless Beam with Queen
- Railway staff in Germany supported by article there to rig vote
- Look about English bishop backing fancy political manipulation
- Manipulate facts in piece contributing to wartime German article from Berlin
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- Banks in Guernsey isle near UK, covering up blunder by the German doctor
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The straight part
We know that "to rig vote" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to rig vote = gerrymander.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GERRYMANDER mean?
GERRYMANDER noun- The act of gerrymandering.
- A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.
- To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
- (by extension) To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain.