Files from Dead Mapmaker Focus of NC Redistricting Hearing
Documents recovered from the house of a deceased Republican mapmaker that are part of a partisan...
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Redistricting
NC Redistricting Fight Turns to State Courts After Ruling
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled federal courts aren’t the place to settle partisan...
Read MoreLate GOP Redistricting Guru’s Files Hint at Partisan Motives
During his long career drawing legislative maps designed to help Republicans, Tom Hofeller preached about the dangers of leaving digital fingerprints. As he advised in a 2011 presentation about redistricting strategies:...
Read MoreSupreme Court Won’t Block Districts Drawn for Partisan Gain
The Supreme Court says federal courts have no role to play in policing political districts drawn for partisan gain. The decision could embolden political line-drawing for partisan gain when state lawmakers undertake the next...
Read MoreNorth Carolina GOP Pushes Back on Redistricting Allegations
Attorneys for North Carolina Republican lawmakers pushed back hard in state court on Monday over accusations the legislators misled federal judges in an earlier redistricting lawsuit. Republican legislative leaders filed a...
Read MoreLawyers: Redistricting Expert Files Show Judges were Misled
In litigation over North Carolina’s legislative districts, Democrats and election reform advocates contend documents from a Republican redistricting expert show lawmakers misled judges about whether special elections...
Read MoreHigh Court Seems Wary of Involving Judges in Redistricting
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed wary Tuesday of getting federal judges involved in determining when electoral district maps are too partisan. In more than two hours of arguments over Republican-drawn...
Read MoreJudges Work Through Pretrial Challenges in Remapping Suit
A judicial panel on Monday ruled that North Carolina Republican legislators can avoid testifying for an upcoming redistricting trial over state legislative maps. But the three judges also ruled that some of the lawmakers...
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Republicans Won’t Appeal Ruling Striking Down 4 Districts
A key North Carolina GOP lawmaker says Republicans won’t appeal a ruling by state judges...
Read MoreExcessive Partisanship Claimed in North Carolina Maps Suit
Another redistricting lawsuit has been filed in North Carolina, this one challenging General Assembly boundaries that Democrats and election reform advocates say are illegally tainted by excessive favoritism toward Republicans....
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