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Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map have dropped their request for an emergency injunction from a federal Appeals Court. Their latest court filing still asks appellate judges to address the case with a compressed timeline.

Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map have filed an emergency appeal seeking an injunction by Jan. 9. They also ask for a final decision that would push

Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map have filed an emergency appeal seeking an injunction by Jan. 9. They also ask for a final decision that would push primary elections in targeted Senate districts back to May.

Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are asking a federal Appeals Court to step into the legal dispute. They filed a notice of appeal Friday after a federal judge set a Jan. 10 hearing in the case.

Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are asking a federal judge to make a decision Thursday about issuing a preliminary injunction.

Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are asking a federal judge to make a decision Thursday about issuing a preliminary injunction. Critics of the Senate plan filed their latest court document Tuesday evening. It argues for blocking two Senate districts in northeastern North Carolina. Plaintiffs contend that the districts run afoul of the federal Voting Rights Act because of racial gerrymandering.

North Carolina’s top legislative leaders urge a federal court to reject an injunction in a lawsuit challenging the state’s new state Senate election map. An injunction “would risk an election

North Carolina’s top legislative leaders urge a federal court to reject an injunction in a lawsuit challenging the state’s new state Senate election map. An injunction “would risk an election meltdown,” according to a court filing Friday.

A new federal lawsuit targets all three of North Carolina’s new statewide election maps for unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, left-of-center activist group Common Cause, and eight individual plaintiffs want federal courts to block those maps. The lawsuit arrived Tuesday morning, four days after candidate filing ended under the challenged maps.

Gov. Roy Cooper and state Attorney General Josh Stein support the plaintiffs seeking a preliminary injunction in federal court against North Carolina’s new state Senate map. Cooper and Stein filed