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N Carolina Senate, House Working Friday on Redistricting

Posted by Associated Press | Aug 25, 2017 | State Government

North Carolina legislators have one week to get new General Assembly districts approved and sent to federal judges for review, so they’re holding unusual Friday sessions to work before the Sept. 1 deadline. The full Senate...

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...

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...

Speakers Want Less Politics in Redrawn N Carolina Districts

Posted by Associated Press | Aug 4, 2017 | State Government

Critics of Republican maps of North Carolina legislative districts struck down by federal courts are pleading with GOP lawmakers to leave out partisan considerations when they draw new boundaries and approve them this month....

Public Hearing Friday for New North Carolina Voting Maps Criteria

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 4, 2017 | State Government

North Carolinians will have a chance to weigh in on new legislative district maps on Friday. A public input session is scheduled for Friday morning at the North Carolina General Assembly as lawmakers are redrawing the state’s...

Judges: No Special Elections for Redrawn NC Districts

Posted by Associated Press | Jul 31, 2017 | Election

Federal judges have rejected a request to hold special elections next March in state legislative districts once new lines are drawn to eliminate illegal racial gerrymandering. The three-judge panel issued its order late Monday....

Judges to Hear Arguments on North Carolina Redistricting

Posted by Associated Press | Jul 27, 2017 | State

Judges deciding when North Carolina must redraw its state legislative districts are set to hear from voting rights activists calling for special elections and Republican lawmakers urging a slower pace. A panel of three federal...

US Supreme Court Won’t Speed Up Return of Remap Rulings

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 16, 2017 | State

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to speed up returning to North Carolina its rulings in the case of nearly 30 legislative districts that have been declared illegal racial gerrymanders. Denials by the court Thursday mean it...

North Carolina Governor Presses Lawmakers to Redraw Maps Now

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 7, 2017 | State

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is pushing Republican state legislators to immediately redraw General Assembly districts, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed that nearly 30 House and Senate maps are illegal...

North Carolina Legislative Redistricting Case Headed Back to State Supreme Court

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 30, 2017 | State

For the second time in as many weeks, the United States Supreme Court has issued a directive regarding voting maps in North Carolina. The nation’s high court, on Tuesday, ordered the state Supreme Court to once again consider a...

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