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The Raleigh Wake Citizens Association and 14 Wake voters filed a federal lawsuit to challenge Sen. Chad Barefoot, R-Wake and Franklin, who passed a redistricting bill. This bill ultimately created more white Republican districts, working to the benefit of Senator Barefoot.
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29055
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Last week, after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court’s ruling that North Carolina’s legislative districts constitute racial gerrymanders, Governor Cooper ordered the General Assembly into special session to draw new maps. Lawmakers have not cooperated and now the issue is back with the district court.
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13776
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Nisbet provides a glimpse at the gerrymandering map of North Carolina election districts.
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28971
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North Carolina’s legislative and congressional districts have changed boundaries numerous times before primaries and elections. Last month, Republicans introduced House Bill 200, which would establish an independent redistricting commission. Members of both parties would be appointed to the commission and it would take redistricting mostly out of the lawmakers’ hands.
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29310
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In the past election, the maps that decided the current North Carolina General Assembly--and the presidential winner for the state--were found unconstitutional. This week, the North Carolina legislature must draw new maps to combat racial gerrymandering.
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27082
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House Bill 2, the anti-LGBTQ legislation, has devastated North Carolina’s image. Most of the bill’s economic damage will be on the state’s urban centers, especially the Triangle and Charlotte. Due to the state’s partisan gerrymander, nine out of ten lawmakers who supported the bill are running unopposed or won their previous election by a landslide.
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