Federal Court Strikes Down Redrawn NC Congressional Maps

[Hissyspit]

Last edited Sat Feb 6, 2016, 12:04 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: WRAL-TV

Federal court strikes down redrawn NC congressional maps

Posted: 27 minutes ago
Updated: 27 minutes ago

RALEIGH, N.C. — Three federal judges on Friday threw out the congressional voting maps the Republican-led General Assembly drew five years ago, ruling that two districts were gerrymandered along racial lines.

The ruling throws the March 15 primary into chaos, as the judges ordered state lawmakers to redraw the maps within two weeks and not to hold any elections for U.S. House until the maps are in place. A special session of the legislature would have to be called to approve new maps, and they might have to pass federal muster again.

Mail-in absentee voting started last week, and more than 8,000 ballots have already been requested, according to the State Board of Elections. It was unclear late Friday how many ballots have already been filled out and sent back in.

The three-judge panel ruled that the 1st Congressional District, which spreads like an octopus across northeast North Carolina and has a tentacle that dips into Durham County, and the 12th Congressional District, which snakes along Interstate 85 between Greensboro and Charlotte, were drawn specifically so that the majority of voters in each were black.


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[Uncle Joe]

1. Your link says "no news found" so I found one on Daily Kos with a better link.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/02/06/1480689/-Breaking-News-NC-1st-and-12th-Congressional-Districts-Unconstitutional

http://www.wral.com/#eQx8oVbjZBoQsZXs.99

Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Permanent link:

http://www.wral.com/federal-court-strikes-down-nc-congressional-district-maps/15325900/

[jpak]

3. In how many states have these GOP travesties been shot down?

3 now?

[Duval]

4. Thanks, guys! This is great news.

We were watching RT, and didn't see it.

[blm]

5. This is HUGE - it will have a ripple effect on other districts, as well. This is step ONE.

We may end up with Jeff Jackson in Congress next year, after all.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=483819431820650&id=245711905631405&fref=nf

[wildeyed]

6. This is BIG.

Primaries start in a few weeks. How will this play out there? The voter ID thing is a cluster too. It is not really enforceable, as best I can tell, and they are not doing a good job of explaining at all. I guess that is the point..... God I hate these fools.