NY Times -North Carolina suffers from some of the
most extreme gerrymandering in the country. Last year, Republicans only
narrowly won the statewide popular vote in congressional elections, 50
percent to 48 percent. Yet they ultimately held on to 10 of North
Carolina’s 13 congressional seats. Gerrymandering turned a nail-biter
into a landslide/
The good news is that, in October, a state court ruled the congressional map to be illegal, thanks to its blatant “partisan intent.” The judges nudged the state legislature, which is controlled by Republicans, to draw districts that would more accurately reflect voters’ intent.
The bad news is that legislators drew another unfair map, albeit less unfair than the original.
The
even worse news is that yesterday the same state court allowed the new
map to stand. The judges cited the calendar, saying that rejecting the
new map would effectively require the 2020 primaries to be delayed.
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