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Courts have been dealing with gerrymandering - the redrawing of legislative district lines to further a particular political interest - for more than 50 years
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 @ 6:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today North Carolina's three-judge panel ordered new legislative districts to be drawn and used in this year's election
Published: Friday, January 19th, 2018 @ 8:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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You don't have to be a meteorologist to understand that the gathering storm clouds are threatening the 2018 elections
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2018 @ 3:35 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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If the separation-of-powers undertones in the judicial redistricting process weren’t already obvious, state Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, left no doubt Tuesday
Published: Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 @ 7:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrats on the House Select Committee on Judicial Redistricting on Tuesday tried to raise objections to the comprehensive judicial redistricting plans in House Bill 717
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2017 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When lawyers in North Carolina's latest redistricting battle head to court next month, they might have some clues about the U.S. Supreme Court's approach to their arguments
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 8:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House and the Senate finally passed redistricting maps after weeks of contentious committee meetings and public hearings
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 2:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawsuits challenging North Carolina's current congressional district map pose different questions than a suit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Wisconsin legislative maps
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2017 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two Republicans and one Democrat in North Carolina's congressional delegation have signed on to a legal brief challenging "extreme" partisan gerrymandering at the U.S. Supreme Court
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 9:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans chose to shun race as a consideration in remapping 28 legislative districts federal courts have deemed racial gerrymanders
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2017 @ 6:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Draw North Carolina's election maps fairly, and we'll end up with representation that more closely resembles this state's tight partisan split. Right?
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 2:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eight members of the state House either will face challenges from incumbents or will need to run for election in new legislative districts
Published: Monday, August 21st, 2017 @ 9:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers won't consider race when they redraw legislative maps to meet a Sept. 1 federal court deadline
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 9:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Following today's Redistricting Committee meeting, Chairman Robin Hayes released the following statement
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2017 @ 8:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As legislators sharpen their pencils for another round of electoral mapmaking, now seems like a good time to revisit North Carolina's redistricting "scorecard."
Published: Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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All but one of the 29 speakers at Friday's public hearing of a joint legislative redistricting committee encouraged and admonished Republican lawmakers to dramatically alter the way North Carolina's electoral districts are drawn
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2017 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge federal panel has denied a request to force a special N.C. legislative election before regularly scheduled 2018 contests
Published: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017 @ 5:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The most outlandish voices on North Carolina's political left have latched onto the notion that actions taken by the Republican-led General Assembly in recent years are illegitimate
Published: Friday, July 28th, 2017 @ 12:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The News & Observer of Raleigh and The Charlotte Observer have offered up a wonderful example of the power of free and independent thought
Published: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017 @ 6:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ford Porter, Governor Cooper's spokesman, released the following statement in response to the Legislature's decision to cancel to the special session to redraw legislative districts found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2017 @ 2:36 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling striking down 28 North Carolina legislative districts as cases of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. But the high court has rejected the idea of holding special legislative elections this year
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 2:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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