Common Cause Suit Challenges N.C. Partisan Gerrymandering | Eastern NC Now

The latest lawsuit against North Carolina's redistricting process challenges the partisan nature of the "gerrymandering" process itself

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    Publisher's note: This post was created by the staff the Carolina Journal, John Hood Publisher.

    The latest lawsuit against North Carolina's redistricting process challenges the partisan nature of the "gerrymandering" process itself.

    From Common Cause North Carolina:

  • RALEIGH     Common Cause launched a potentially landmark lawsuit in federal court today directly challenging the foundation of partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina.
  • Filed in the Middle District Court in Greensboro, the challenge in Common Cause v. Rucho could be a watershed moment in the fight against gerrymandering. While judges have weighed in on racial gerrymandering and set constraints for such factors as equal population in drawing voting maps, the courts have largely avoided determining if partisan gerrymandering is legal. The lawsuit filed by Common Cause seeks to resolve that lingering question, arguing that manipulation of voting maps for partisan gain is unconstitutional.
  • Common Cause North Carolina has been a longtime opponent of all forms of gerrymandering, working with a broad bipartisan coalition to champion impartial redistricting for more than a decade.
  • The move to challenge partisan gerrymandering in the courts comes just months after North Carolina lawmakers were required to redraw congressional districts found by a panel of federal judges to be unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. Legislative leaders replaced that racially gerrymandered congressional map with what they openly boasted were partisan gerrymanders, crafted with the sole aim of unfairly maximizing their party's advantage.

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