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Redistricting Limit in Constitution Focus of Court Hearing

Posted by Associated Press | Sep 28, 2018 | State

Judges are weighing whether a provision in North Carolina’s constitution limiting when legislative districts can be redrawn should have prevented Republican lawmakers from altering boundaries well beyond lines that a federal...

Attorneys: North Carolina Congress Remap Claims Still Valid

Posted by Associated Press | Jul 13, 2018 | State

North Carolina’s congressional map is still unconstitutional, election advocacy groups and Democrats wrote Wednesday, even though the U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected a lower court decision that threw out the map due to...

Remap Ruling Keeps North Carolina’s Current Lines Intact

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 28, 2018 | State

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on North Carolina redistricting leaves intact General Assembly boundaries for this fall’s elections. The justices ruled 8-1 on Thursday it was proper for a lower-court panel of federal judges to...

Judges Seek Briefs After N Carolina Remapping Case Returned

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 27, 2018 | State

A federal judicial panel is seeking input from lawyers in a North Carolina redistricting case that the U.S. Supreme Court decided needs more work. The judges ruled in January the state’s congressional boundaries were illegal...

Supreme Court Won’t Hear North Carolina Districting Dispute

Posted by Associated Press | Jun 25, 2018 | National

The Supreme Court is choosing not to take on a new case on partisan redistricting for now. Instead, the justices are sending a dispute over North Carolina’s heavily Republican congressional districting map back to a lower court...

North Carolina Democrats Unveil Platform for Fall Campaigns

Posted by Associated Press | May 15, 2018 | State Government

North Carolina Democratic lawmakers on Monday unveiled their to-do list if they got back some or all power at the Legislative Building after November, promising to raise teacher pay to the national average, expand Medicaid and...

N Carolina Judicial Remapping, Selection Discussions Resume

Posted by Associated Press | Apr 27, 2018 | State Government

The North Carolina legislature has revived public discussion over redrawing judicial election districts and how judges are chosen after a three-month hiatus. But it’s unclear if the renewed conversation Friday in a House-Senate...

State Court Won’t Change More House Districts

Posted by Associated Press | Feb 12, 2018 | State Government

A late effort by Democrats and voting rights groups to change legislative districts before candidate filing begins in North Carolina has been rejected by state judges. A three-judge panel denied a request Monday by the...

Democrats, Allies Ask North Carolina Judges to Change Maps

Posted by Associated Press | Feb 7, 2018 | State Government

North Carolina Democratic voters and their allies aren’t giving up on getting more General Assembly districts changed for this year’s elections, even after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Plaintiffs in a longstanding legislative...

Supreme Court Rejects Some Redrawn North Carolina Districts

Posted by Associated Press | Feb 6, 2018 | State Government

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected some but not all of the North Carolina legislative districts that federal judges redrew for this year’s elections. The justices partially granted Tuesday the request of Republican lawmakers...

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