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Judges: North Carolina Must Redraw GOP’s Gerrymandered Map

Posted by Associated Press | Jan 9, 2018 | State Government

Federal judges now agree that North Carolina’s congressional district map drawn by Republicans is illegally gerrymandered, excessively partisan, and must quickly be redone. The three judges ruled late Tuesday that the boundaries...

North Carolina’s Altered Legislative Districts Back in Court

Posted by Associated Press | Jan 5, 2018 | State

North Carolina legislative districts drawn up by Republicans are back in court as federal judges decide whether to accept proposed boundary changes from the third-party expert they appointed. The three-judge panel scheduled a...

Voters Who Sued Over N Carolina Maps Back Expert’s Changes

Posted by Associated Press | Dec 14, 2017 | State

Voters who successfully sued over North Carolina’s 2011 legislative districts say federal judges did the right thing directing an outside expert to recommend more changes to boundaries amended last summer but that could still be...

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...

Judges Appoint Redistricting Expert, Reject GOP Objections

Posted by Associated Press | Nov 2, 2017 | State

A federal court announced Wednesday it will go through with plans to hire an outside expert to redraw several North Carolina legislative districts, rejecting arguments by Republican lawmakers that they should get another crack...

Republicans Object to Special Master in N Carolina Remap

Posted by Associated Press | Oct 31, 2017 | State

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders on Monday opposed a plan by federal judges to use an outside expert to help them examine and possibly redraw General Assembly district lines, arguing that it’s premature to hire one...

Supreme Court Divided Over Partisan Districting

Posted by Associated Press | Oct 3, 2017 | National

The Supreme Court’s liberals and conservatives appear divided about striking down a Wisconsin redistricting plan because it is excessively partisan. The case is Gill v. Whitford – and the big question, after an...

Stein: Office Lawyers to Oversee Redistricting Cases, Not Me

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 18, 2017 | State

North Carolina’s top elected government attorney is staying out of legal spats over redistricting. Attorney General Josh Stein said Friday he will delegate oversight of the cases to career lawyers in his office so he can...

North Carolina Redistricting Maps OK’d, Head to Judges Next

Posted by Associated Press | Aug 31, 2017 | State Government

North Carolina legislators finished redrawing House and Senate district maps Wednesday, beating a court-ordered deadline later this week. Now Republicans who drew them must see whether federal judges agree they’ve cured problems...

Congressman Price: “Districts Should Represent Communities”

Posted by Kelly Fahey | Aug 31, 2017 | State Government

In the wake of North Carolina Republican Legislators’voting to approve new legislative maps, proponents for redistricting reform are calling for an overhaul of the process that allows for gerrymandering to exist in the first...

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