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Download Democracy North Carolina's Latest 2016 Redistricting FAQs >> BACKGROUND Three Legal Challenges: A special three-judge panel recently ruled that the maps drawn for NC Congressional District 1 and District 12 were illegal and must be redrawn before the next election. The judges said the maps intentionally segregated and packed black voters into the two [...]
Federal judges have ruled two of North Carolina's 13 congressional districts are racial gerrymanders, unlawfully packing African-Americans within their boundaries and whitening the surrounding areas -- all for political gain. Drafted by the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly in 2011, these cynical, partisan maps continue to aggressively segregate voters even as North Carolinians prepare to head to [...]
Late Friday Federal Court Ruling Strikes Down Gerrymandered Districts Late Friday, three federal appellate judges threw out congressional voting maps the Republican-led General Assembly drew five years ago, ruling that two districts were gerrymandered along racial lines. Judges ordered state lawmakers to redraw the maps within two weeks. As WRAL reported, "the three-judge panel ruled [...]
Op-ed "How NC voter ID law has become a dangerous farce" originally published in the Raleigh News and Observer on January 27, 2016. Read full editorial here >> BY BOB HALL, DEMOCRACY NC In a matter of weeks, thousands of North Carolina voters will head to the polls unaware of what they’ll need to vote [...]
Findings of the Board of Elections Interviews by the League of Women Voters of NC and Democracy NC August 2015 Volunteers with the League of Women Voters of NC or Democracy North Carolina interviewed the executive directors of 36 county boards of elections in the winter and spring of 2015. The survey asked directors about [...]
North Carolina voters could head to the polls unaware of what they’ll need to vote in 2016. Beginning with the 2014 primary, county boards of elections were tasked with educating voters about 2016 photo ID requirements. According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections website, that meant poll workers were to ask voters if [...]
