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2943
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The challenge to the constitutionality of the First and Twelfth Congressional Districts is before the U.S. Supreme Court. A decision to redraw the districts could affect the primary, general election, constituents, and incumbents.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 6, Feb 1996, p7-8, il Periodical Website
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2126
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Durham's Lee Mortimer believes that the state's redistricting process, which formed the serpentine 12th Congressional District, does not reflect the democratic principle. His solution, partly, is to elect representatives by proportional representation.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 3, Jan 1995, p10-11, il Periodical Website
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447
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O'Connor examines the history of redistricting in North Carolina in the past 20 years and outlines the key issues for the 1991 legislature. He also looks at landmark court decisions affecting redistricting, and how other states handle it.
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North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 13 Issue 1, Dec 1990, p30-49, il, bibl, f Periodical Website
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393
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Reapportionment, or redistricting, is shaping up to be one of the key issues for the General Assembly, especially now that the state stands to gain a twelfth congressional seat. The balance of power between the three main regions of the state could shift considerably.
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NC Insight (NoCar JK 4101 .N3x), Vol. 3 Issue 4, Fall 1980, p35-37
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13930
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North Carolina General Assembly legislators are required to re-evaluate district lines every ten years when the new census data become available. This is a powerful tool for the party in power, and in the November 2010 state elections, Republicans gained control of the two houses of the General Assembly. Swartz discusses what effect this might have on the new election districts.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Jan 2011, p9, 11, map Periodical Website
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5089
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Now that the results of the 2000 census are known, over 100 cities, counties, and school systems across North Carolina face the prospect of redistricting. Joyce discusses some of the questions that may arise and some answers.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 66 Issue 3, Spring 2001, p2-15, il, f
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506
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In the years between the 1980 census and the 1990 census, population in certain areas of NC necessitated the movement from at-large to district methods of election. Data from the 1990 census should cause the drawing of new lines to accommodate such movement.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Fall 1990, p2-7, bibl, f
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1498
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After detailing the factual background of the case, Rand holds that arguments based on the \"commonality\" and \"personality\" of a congressional district can provide that district with a legitimacy beyond racial composition.
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North Carolina Law Review (NoCar K14 0694), Vol. 72 Issue 3, Mar 1994, p725-758, bibl, f
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573
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Many of the same hurdles of past court cases face the General Assembly as it tries to redistrict now.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 7, July 1991, p20-21, il
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1432
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A recent panel discussion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law suggested that the state will have to prove to the U.S. District Court that considerations other than race were factors in creating the 12th Congressional District.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 7, Feb 1994, p3, il, por Periodical Website
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1351
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Two court decisions, Shaw v. Reno and Hines v. Mayor and Town Council of Ahoskie, will make it somewhat more difficult for minority plaintiffs to win suits concerning districting or redistricting for the purpose of voting.
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Voice (NoCar LB 2831.624 N8 V6x), Vol. 6 Issue 1, Fall 1993, p28-29, il