Democrats must prove racial gerrymandering to fight new GOP maps. How do they do it?
Courts will no longer rule on claims of partisan gerrymandering, so any legal challenge to Republican-drawn maps will have to focus on race.
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Courts will no longer rule on claims of partisan gerrymandering, so any legal challenge to Republican-drawn maps will have to focus on race.
Newly proposed election maps are expected to tilt North Carolina's congressional delegation to the right and maintain GOP majorities in state legislative chambers. Republican lawmakers, who drew the maps in secret, went over them in public for the first time Thursday.
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 -- The GOP-led legislature may seize control of state and local election boards from the Democratic governor, fueling a feud that could resonate in 2024.
With federal funds coming to North Carolina from Medicaid expansion, state lawmakers focus on behavioral and rural health.
A number of Democrats who have frequently voted with Republicans on contentious bills in the past didn’t sign the letters slamming the GOP proposal.