North Carolina judges consider if lawsuit claiming right to 'fair' elections can continue

NC judges grapple with defining 'fair' elections in redistricting suit

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina judges deciding whether a redistricting lawsuit claiming a state constitutional right to “fair" elections can go to trial questioned Thursday their ability to scrutinize district boundaries that way or to define what “fair” means. A panel of three trial judges listened to arguments on a motion by Republican legislative leaders to have the lawsuit filed against them by several voters dismissed. The judges did …

North Carolina judges grapple with defining 'fair' elections in redistricting suit

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges are deciding whether a redistricting lawsuit claiming a state constitutional right to “fair” elections can go to trial. On Thursday, a panel of trial judges questioned lawyers for voters who sued over some congressional and legislative district boundaries and for Republican legislative leaders who helped enact them. The voters’ attorney says the legal arguments are …

North Carolina judges grapple with defining 'fair' elections in redistricting suit

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges are deciding whether a redistricting lawsuit claiming a state constitutional right to “fair” elections can go to trial. On Thursday, a panel of trial judges questioned lawyers for voters who sued over some congressional and legislative district boundaries and for Republican legislative leaders who helped enact them. The voters’ attorney says the legal arguments are …

North Carolina judges grapple with defining 'fair' elections in redistricting suit

North Carolina judges are deciding whether a redistricting lawsuit claiming a state constitutional right to “fair” elections can go to trial. On Thursday, a panel of trial judges questioned lawyers