Gerrymander

North Carolina Senate Bill 249, An Act to Realign the North Carolina Congressional Districts, passed the General Assembly earlier this month. SB 249 changes the composition of Districts 1 and 3 to favor the GOP candidate in future elections and deliver an additional Republican vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill's original sponsor was Democratic State Sen. Paul Lowe, who explains how his bill died, but was later taken up in the General Assembly, transformed, and used to redraw the maps.

Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019The gerrymandering fight has lived to see another day in a North Carolina court, while the state's elections board continues to make…

Republican leaders of the General Assembly are officially asking a court to put a hold on the political gerrymandering decision handed down on Tuesday.…