US EditionNorth Carolina’s 2023 GOP-Drawn Congressional Map Upheld
A federal panel ruled that North Carolina's 2023 congressional map did not violate the Constitution or Voting Rights Act despite claims of racial vote dilution.
- Federal judges upheld several U.S. House districts that North Carolina Republicans drew in 2023, helping the GOP gain additional seats in 2024.
- The judges heard arguments in Winston-Salem but didn't immediately rule on whether they would block the use of the 1st and 3rd Districts for 2026 while more legal arguments are made.
- The plaintiffs argued Republicans split and weakened the Greensboro region's concentrated Black voting population within multiple U.S. House districts and packed Black voters into a Charlotte-area district.
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Federal judges uphold several North Carolina US House districts drawn by Republicans
Federal judges have upheld several U.S. House districts drawn by North Carolina Republicans in 2023. These districts helped the GOP gain additional seats the following year. The judges on Thursday rejected accusations that the lines unlawfully fractured and packed Black…
North Carolina’s 2023 GOP-drawn congressional map upheld
A panel of federal judges upheld North Carolina’s 2023 congressional map Thursday as the judges continue mulling the legality of the state’s mid-decade redistricting push. The panel has not yet ruled on whether that new map, which was drawn this year to add a Republican pickup opportunity in the House as part of a nationwide redistricting arms race, can stand for…
Judges Uphold GOP-Drawn North Carolina US House Districts From 2023
Federal judges ruled on Nov. 20 that North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers did not violate federal voting law in redrawing the state’s congressional map in 2023. In an 181-page ruling, Appeals Judge Allison Rushing and District Judges Thomas Schroeder and Richard Myers said they found no evidence of discriminatory intent in the 2023 drawing of the congressional map. The ruling stems from two lawsuits filed by individual voters, the NAACP North C…
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