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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