gerrymandering

Many Americans are performing their civic duty, but they’re doing so in congressional races that are almost already decided. More than 90% of congressional seats are effectively settled in primary elections. Fewer than 20 House seats nationwide are true toss-ups, meaning a relatively small number of voters control the balance of power. We break down what’s wrong with this system, how we got here and why it still doesn’t mean you should stay home on Election Day.

A new congressional map passes the N.C. General Assembly likely adding an additional Republican seat in the midterms. 'No Kings’ protests push back on the Trump administration. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden has yet to decide if he’ll run for reelection. And Charlotte FC is in the playoffs.

The N.C. House of Representatives voted to approve the new map Wednesday. It redraws the state's 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts to give Republicans a clear advantage in both seats.

The government shutdown rolls on and it is impacting North Carolina. The Senate is in session, but the House has been out for weeks. We’ll catch up on what has been happening and not happening on Capitol Hill and consider the possible impact in Washington D.C. of North Carolina’s plans to gerrymander districts for the midterms.

The survey conducted by a Republican-leaning polling firm Opinion Diagnostics, commissioned by the nonpartisan voting rights group Common Cause North Carolina, shows 84% of North Carolina voters asked said it’s never acceptable for politicians to draw districts to help their own party win more seats, no matter the circumstances.

Texas plans to redistrict to help Republicans retain control of the House in the midterm elections. That effort is being met by similar moves in Democrat-controlled states. North Carolina is no stranger to gerrymandering and we take a closer look at how our past efforts can inform the current moment.

A panel of North Carolina judges has refused to block the latest legislative and congressional maps from being used for the 2022 elections. The three judges on Friday denied preliminary injunctions in a pair of lawsuits challenging boundaries that the Republican-controlled legislature passed last month.

Stephanie Sneed challenged Carol Sawyer for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board four years ago and lost. Sneed is concerned after the school board voted for a new political map that removes Sneed's precinct from Sawyer's district. Sawyer is responsible for drawing the map.

Another lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s latest round of redistricting has been filed. A conservation group, university mathematicians and voters involved in the suit accuse Republican mapmakers of illegal partisan and racial gerrymandering in both the state’s congressional and General Assembly districts.

North Carolina is facing a legal challenge in state court over its newly drawn maps that heavily favor Republicans heading into the upcoming 2022 midterm elections. An organization formed by prominent Democratic lawyer Marc Elias announced Friday that a group of voters who challenged the constitutionality of previous North Carolina maps will now contest the latest congressional maps.