Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Norlan Graves to serve as Superior Court Judge in Judicial District 6A, serving Halifax County.
Published: Friday, November 5th, 2021 @ 1:54 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A three-judge panel has rejected a plea to block absentee ballot witness requirements for North Carolina’s fall election.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As a big fan of redistricting reform, this observer appreciates hearing support for the cause from Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2019 @ 2:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel unanimously upheld North Carolina’s new congressional districts, just in time for 2020 candidates to start filing.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the middle of North Carolina’s uncertain scuffle over congressional redistricting, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen during the 2020 primaries.
Published: Sunday, December 1st, 2019 @ 10:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When it comes to North Carolina redistricting, the handwriting is on the wall. The old system for producing legislative and congressional districts is going away.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2019 @ 7:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Anyone hoping to run for a congressional seat in North Carolina is now left waiting — indefinitely — for candidate filing to open.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers will return to Raleigh Wednesday, Nov. 13, two weeks after adjourning a very, very long session.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. lawmakers so far have spent two days huddled around computers in a garishly lit legislative committee room, working to fit the puzzle pieces in what will become newly redrawn congressional districts.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A panel of Superior Court judges have approved North Carolina’s newly redrawn legislative district voting maps, but lawmakers are headed back to the drawing board to create different maps for congressional races.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 @ 5:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I have written about gerrymandering in these pages before, but the recent Superior Court ruling that the state’s legislative districts constitute an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander makes me want to do it again.
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2019 @ 1:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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New maps proposed for 2020 legislative elections emerged from the most open, transparent process North Carolina ever has used to draw election lines.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We've been hearing a lot about "redistricting" lately.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 @ 11:41 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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A three-judge N.C. Superior Court panel has tossed out North Carolina’s election maps for state House and Senate districts. The court has ordered state lawmakers to draw new maps in two weeks.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Republican-led N.C. General Assembly must draw new state House and Senate district maps, a court has ruled.
Published: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 @ 2:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Whatever the three-judge Superior Court panel decides about Common Cause v. Lewis, a challenge to the constitutionality of North Carolina’s legislative districts, is relevant only if the plaintiffs win.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s redistricting trial Common Cause v. Lewis concluded Friday with heightened tensions, a day after the court threw out part of the testimony of one of the General Assembly’s key witnesses.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 9:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If you can’t get a law, then go to court.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 @ 6:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Partisan gerrymandering returns to state court Monday, July 15, for a battle that could stretch over weeks.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2019 @ 12:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A court battle over legislative redistricting escalated Tuesday, July 2, into a tug-of-war over records that may or may not be considered public.
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 10:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in North Carolina’s high-profile partisan gerrymandering case offered an excellent lesson about the limits of judicial power. It’s a lesson that should come in handy soon for state judges.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 4:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin named a three-judge Superior Court panel to hear the Common Cause v. David Lewis redistricting challenge.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2018 @ 6:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel agreed with the NAACP and other plaintiffs that the General Assembly violated the state constitution's prohibition on changing legislative district boundaries in the middle of a decade
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2018 @ 11:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As legal battles continue over North Carolina's election maps, one recent development deserves special recognition: A state three-judge panel has chosen to distinguish the legal process from partisan gamesmanship
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 3:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Bob Rucho said a sweeping decision by a three-judge Superior Court panel handed him and state Rep. David Lewis "a complete and utter vindication" against accusations of racism and unconstitutional gerrymandering in a lawsuit over redrawn state voting maps.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 7:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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