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Special Master Offers Draft Maps for N Carolina Legislature

Posted by Associated Press | Nov 14, 2017 | State

An outside expert appointed by a federal court to help draw some North Carolina legislative districts that judges worry remained unconstitutional has suggested changes. Stanford University law professor Nathaniel Persily filed...

NC Judges: Law Cutting Governor’s Elections Role is Valid

Posted by Associated Press | Nov 1, 2017 | State

A North Carolina judicial panel says a law backed by Republican legislative leaders that cuts Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s role in managing elections is constitutional. A three-judge panel on Tuesday met the state Supreme...

Gerrymandering Trial Wraps Up In Greensboro (Again)

Posted by Associated Press | Oct 20, 2017 | State Government

Plaintiffs say the newly drawn US Congressional district lines don’t fix the racial gerrymandering problem.

New GOP Proposal: Judicial Elections Every Two Years?

Posted by WCHL News | Oct 18, 2017 | State Government

Republicans in the NCGA have introduced yet another proposal to change the way judges are elected.

Over Cooper’s Veto, General Assembly Cancels 2018 Judicial Primary

Posted by Associated Press | Oct 17, 2017 | State Government

Republicans say they need extra time to reform judicial elections – either via redistricting, or scrapping judicial elections entirely.

Redistricting May Offer More of the Same

Posted by Kelly Fahey | Aug 21, 2017 | State Government

North Carolina Republican Legislators met last week to discuss criteria for redrawing General Assembly Districts which have been ruled unconstitutional. GOP members of the House and Senate redistricting committee voted that...

N Carolina General Assembly Quietly Reconvenes

Posted by Associated Press | Aug 18, 2017 | State Government, Uncategorized

The North Carolina General Assembly has quietly reconvened its work session before what’s expected to be busy days drawing new legislative districts, considering possible veto overrides and hearing about discharges of a...

Criteria for New Maps Include Politics, Not Race

Posted by Associated Press | Aug 11, 2017 | State Government

North Carolina Republican legislators have decided election results can play a role in how dozens of General Assembly districts will be drawn, but the racial makeup of people living within those boundaries won’t. GOP...

Vetoed Bills Sent to Committee, More Votes Later

Posted by Associated Press | Aug 3, 2017 | State Government

The North Carolina legislature gaveled in and gaveled out a session designed for lawmakers to consider vetoes by Gov. Roy Cooper that he issued since they were last in town. But lawmakers did not vote on whether to override...

General Assembly Ends, But Lawmakers to Return Soon, Often

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 30, 2017 | State

The North Carolina General Assembly has completed its primary work session for the year, but legislators plan to return to Raleigh in the weeks ahead to deal with unfinished business, including the replacement of electoral maps....

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