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Critics who want to block North Carolina’s new state Senate election map are asking a federal judge to issue a ruling in their case by Dec. 29. They warn that a ruling after that date could threaten the state’s scheduled March 5 primary election. They seek a response to their request by Thursday.
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 paperwork Tuesday to submit a friend-of-the-court brief in the case.
North Carolina Democrats have already lost the first skirmish in the next round of redistricting wars, as a federal judge rejected an urgent call to block new state Senate districts from going into place before the start of candidate filing in early December. US District Judge James Dever labeled the proposed timeline “meritless,” in a scathing
A federal judge rejected a request this week to speed up a lawsuit regarding the new election districts Republicans drew for the state Senate, calling that request “meritless.”
A federal judge has rejected a proposal to rule by the end of this week on an injunction in a North Carolina redistricting lawsuit. US District Judge James Dever labeled the proposed timeline “meritless” in an order issued Monday.