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Advocacy groups and individual voters suing GOP state lawmakers in federal court claim Republican legislators drew racially discriminatory district maps.
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North Carolina congressional and legislative districts drawn by Republicans in 2023 that helped them retain majorities in Raleigh and Washington are in court. A trial begins Monday in two federal lawsuits filed by voters and advocacy groups that accuse mapmakers of illegally eroding Black voting power while enacting lines that aided GOP electoral prospects.
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North Carolina has five new members of Congress as the new session started Friday. They were sworn in after Mike Johnson was reelected as Speaker.
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North Carolina trial judges have dismissed a lawsuit challenging redrawn legislative and congressional district lines on the argument that they run afoul of an indirect constitutional right to "fair elections." The judges wrote this week that a recent affirmation by the state Supreme Court that redistricting policy decisions are left to the General Assembly still applies.
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The majority on a three-judge federal appeals court panel sounds hesitant to reverse a trial judge's refusal last month to block the use of two new North Carolina state Senate districts that have been challenged on racial bias claims.
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New redistricting lines for the state legislature will mean few swing districts in November’s general election — most districts strongly favor either Democrats or Republicans. In some of those districts, the action will be taking place in the March primary.
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Five new members of Congress will likely be chosen in the Republican primary, since the districts make it nearly impossible for a Democrat to win in them in November.
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The lawsuit in state court says current Congressional and state legislative maps endanger voters' constitutional right to free and fair elections.
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A judge has refused to block the use of two North Carolina Senate districts drawn by Republican legislators starting with the 2024 elections and to order them replaced with different boundaries.
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North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters.