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The North Carolina General Assembly has passed three maps for the state House, state Senate, and US Congress, respectively. Redistricting is not subject to a veto from the governor, so the newly passed maps are now law.
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2024 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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This week on “The Debrief”:
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 6:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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our Congressional district moves westward, loses Onslow and Currituck
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2023 @ 10:57 am
By: John Steed
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Purple State Supreme Court Makes Major Ruling On Election Integrity Law, Reversing Previous DecisionThe North Carolina Supreme Court made several key election decisions on Friday, ruling to reinstate a voter ID law and keep the Republican-led redistricting maps in place.
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 @ 5:47 am
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Wisconsin Republicans challenging “redistricting” efforts from Democrats in the state, throwing out legislative maps drawn by Democratic Governor Tony Evers and adopted by its highest court, The Washington Post reported.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 4:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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N.C. lawmakers accuse redistricting plaintiffs of trying to "disestablish" the General Assembly's authority to draw state election maps.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 3:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to deny N.C. legislators’ request to block a court-drawn congressional map for North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 9:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It should have come as no surprise that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the maps approved by North Carolina’s high court.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The John Locke Foundation releases an updated Civitas Partisan Index on court-ordered legislative maps
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While state lawmakers urge the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the 2022 N.C. Congressional maps, filing in the map’s district races is over, for now.
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2022 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal dispute over a new congressional map for North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It may be faster and easier to reverse-engineer maps to fit the findings of expert witnesses
Published: Monday, February 28th, 2022 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I previously wrote how the General Assembly could use the findings of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses to help them draw congressional districts in compliance with the North Carolina Supreme Court’s February 4 ruling in North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v. Hall.
Published: Saturday, February 26th, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The legislature's remedial maps are compliant with the court's order so there is no reason to consider plaintiffs' maps
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court is refusing to insert itself back into the state’s legal dispute over legislative and congressional redistricting at this time.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The court's order is not clear about how the General Assembly should draw maps or what standards they should use
Published: Thursday, February 24th, 2022 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers defending their latest election maps are urging a three-judge panel to avoid conducting a “beauty contest” over competing plans.
Published: Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 @ 11:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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WRAL reported yesterday about the kurfuffle over Cheif Justice Paul Newby pointing out that there is not a “fair elections” clause in the North Carolina Constitution.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 1:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members of the General Assembly returned to Raleigh this week. Redistricting maps were the primary focus of the week to meet the NC Supreme Court deadline of Friday at 5:00 p.m.
Published: Monday, February 21st, 2022 @ 8:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Democratic majority on the court has a range of options, but the upcoming election could act as a brake on their taking extreme action
Published: Saturday, February 19th, 2022 @ 8:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ten days after throwing out North Carolina’s newly drawn congressional and legislative election maps, the state Supreme Court has produced its formal opinion in the case.
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 1:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Supreme Court decision that redistricting maps be redrawn to more accurately reflect the makeup of our state has five takeaways.
Published: Friday, February 11th, 2022 @ 5:22 am
By: Tom Campbell
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In a 4–3 party line decision, the Democrat-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court ordered North Carolina Congressional and legislative districts to be redrawnNews Release: Raleigh, N.C. In a 4-3 party line decision, the Democra
Published: Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 @ 2:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Monday, February 7th, 2022 @ 10:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein want the state Supreme Court to throw out new statewide election maps.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 @ 9:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Judges in redistricting trial refused to sanction defendants over maps drawn by Rep. Destin Hall and staffers during "strategy sessions."
Published: Friday, January 21st, 2022 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawyers supporting and opposing North Carolina’s new election maps will take their arguments to the N.C. Supreme Court on Feb. 2.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 6:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina’s new congressional and legislative election maps.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 12:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two leaders of North Carolina’s legislative redistricting committees defended their election map-drawing process during the third day of a trial focusing on the future of those maps.
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 6:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A co-chairman of the N.C. Senate’s redistricting committee is drawing attention to a national Democratic operative’s lead role in drawing alternative election maps for North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 7:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Democratic redistricting expert reports a 1.3% chance that “fair, nonpartisan” election maps would produce an even split between Republicans and Democrats in North Carolina’s U.S. House delegation.
Published: Monday, December 27th, 2021 @ 12:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative defendants are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to avoid jumping into a legal fight over new election maps.
Published: Monday, December 20th, 2021 @ 9:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Wake County Superior Court Judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that was filed against the state’s election redistricting process. The suit alleged that the General Assembly violated previous court precedents governing how election maps should be drawn.
Published: Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Under Republican leadership, state lawmakers conducted a redistricting process marked by unrivaled transparency, in full view of the public, producing maps as dictated by the Constitution and previous court orders.
Published: Monday, December 13th, 2021 @ 12:26 am
By: Jeff Moore
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After much debate, public scrutiny, and controversy, the General Assembly passed redistricting maps for the N.C. House and Senate, and U.S. Congress.
Published: Monday, November 29th, 2021 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House passed its district map proposal during evening sessions Tuesday, Nov. 2. The Senate is expected to vote on the N.C. House district map on Thursday. Redistricting maps do not go before Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, driving pressure on the legislative process by opposition groups.
Published: Thursday, November 25th, 2021 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Interest groups have already filed lawsuits to block approval of new redistricting maps for North Carolina. The maps are still in development with several legislative map proposals having been presented to the public in recent hearings.
Published: Wednesday, November 24th, 2021 @ 10:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Six hundred days and counting. Gov. Roy Cooper has ruled North Carolina with a proverbial iron fist since unilaterally enacting a state of emergency March 10, 2020.
Published: Monday, November 22nd, 2021 @ 3:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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