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Watchdog files lawsuit alleging gerrymandering in NC | TheHill
The Republicans continue to skirt or blatantly abuse the law. Florida was another case, and that was just recently.
Is there something in the bourbon they drink?
North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck on Appeal in Obama Win - Bloomberg
The Republicans continue to skirt or blatantly abuse the law. Florida was another case, and that was just recently.
Is there something in the bourbon they drink?
North Carolina Republicans drew the current boundaries after a federal court ruled their earlier lines, drawn after the 2010 Census, improperly diminished the political power of African-American voters. Rather than allow a federal court to rearrange district lines, state legislators in February offered a quick fix that satisfied federal courts while maintaining the ten Republican, three Democrat mix of the state's congressional delegation.
During that February process, state Sen. Bob Rucho (R) and state Rep. David Lewis (R), co-chairs of a joint redistricting committee, acknowledged those who drew the new maps were using political data, such as past election results and voter registration statistics. Earlier criteria adopted by the legislature instructed mapmakers to make a "reasonable effort" to maintain the ten Republican, three Democrat split.
Common Cause says those instructions violate several sections of the Constitution, including the First and Fourteenth Amendments and parts of Article One.
North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck on Appeal in Obama Win - Bloomberg