The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama’s congressional map was a racial gerrymander
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 @ 12:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a recent WFAE news interview, special master Bob Orr seemed to shift responsibility for North Carolina’s congressional maps from the court’s assigned special masters to the University of California professor advising them
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Top N.C. legislative leaders have filed arguments against a court-imposed congressional map, even though they want to drop their appeal against the map.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 1:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal against a court-ordered congressional map. The map is valid only for 2022 elections.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 2:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The GOP in Louisiana scored a win on Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Republican-drawn congressional map to remain in place for the next election.
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2022 @ 11:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Sam Wang's Statistical Analysis Led to a Court's Rejection of the General Assembly's Remedial Congressional Map
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 7:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sam Wang of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project is accused of "manipulating data to match his personal agenda.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Florida Democrats reportedly erupted Thursday on the House floor as they were powerless to stop the Republican-led body from passing a new congressional map that is expected to yield favorable results for the GOP.
Published: Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 @ 7:13 pm
By: Daily Wire
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With the dust finally settled on the latest (but certainly not last) round of North Carolina’s redistricting wars, we can take stock of how those districts could perform in the next election.
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2022 @ 9:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State legislative leaders are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step into the legal dispute over a new congressional map for North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It may be faster and easier to reverse-engineer maps to fit the findings of expert witnesses
Published: Monday, February 28th, 2022 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Saturday, February 26th, 2022 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Avoiding splitting political units (counties, municipalities, and precincts) was part of the criteria adopted by the General Assembly at the start of the redistricting process. Let’s see how well they fulfilled that criterion in the 2021 congressional map.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Democratic redistricting expert reports a 1.3% chance that “fair, nonpartisan” election maps would produce an even split between Republicans and Democrats in North Carolina’s U.S. House delegation.
Published: Monday, December 27th, 2021 @ 12:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Not all pictures are worth a thousand words. But the picture of North Carolina’s new congressional map tells an important story.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel unanimously upheld North Carolina’s new congressional districts, just in time for 2020 candidates to start filing.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In light of today’s Congressional redistricting lawsuit hearing, Lt. Governor Forest releases the following video highlighting the truth behind why North Carolina is constantly being sued.
Published: Monday, December 2nd, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state House has passed a new congressional map, giving Democrats a better chance to pick up U.S. House seats in 2020, based on recent voting history.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 9:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the map drawing progresses in the General Assembly in the wake of the Harper v Lewis preliminary injunction, all of the maps so far produced by members of the Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting have either an 8-5 or 7-6 likely split in favor of Republicans.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 2:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina General Assembly passed a new set of congressional districts today. Within an hour, the same Democratic organization that had sued against the previous map said that they would sue over the new map as well.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 2:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Lawmakers will return to Raleigh Wednesday, Nov. 13, two weeks after adjourning a very, very long session.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An 18-member legislative committee will start work Tuesday, Nov. 5, on a new N.C. congressional map for the 2020 election. A court called for the new map one week ago.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 7:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. lawmakers are once again haggling over how to begin drawing new voter maps. This time, North Carolina’s congressional districts are at stake.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2019 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Don’t retire the lottery machines just yet. Experts say the General Assembly may soon enter another round of map redraws.
Published: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019 @ 4:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a landmark victory for N.C. Republican lawmakers, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled gerrymandered congressional districts are a political issue, which federal courts should not decide as a matter of law.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 3:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An Aug. 27 federal court ruling throwing out North Carolina's congressional maps has added new complications to an unsettled election schedule. The decision adds another wrinkle to the state's 2018 election
Published: Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 @ 1:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a lower-court ruling that would have forced N.C. lawmakers to draw a new congressional election map next week
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2018 @ 4:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When WRAL reported on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to throw out North Carolina's congressional maps barely a month ahead of the 2016 Primary, the station's "journalists" turned to their friends in three different organizations belonging to Blueprint NC (the "eviscerate"* group)...
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2016 @ 3:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week, the North Carolina General Assembly reconvened for a special session to pass a new Congressional map to comply with a federal trial court's order.
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2016 @ 7:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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