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North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
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North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
By Alan Blinder and Michael Wines
Jan. 9, 2018
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/north-carolina-gerrymander.html

A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map on Tuesday, condemning it as unconstitutional because Republicans had drawn the map seeking a political advantage.

The ruling was the first time that a federal court had blocked a congressional map because of a partisan gerrymander, and it instantly endangered Republican seats in the coming elections.

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Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2018, 02:14:06 pm »
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Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2018, 02:27:38 pm »
Said the state that drew the most gerrymandered House district ever so it would guarantee a black Democrat would get elected.
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Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2018, 04:05:45 pm »
Quote from: Restored on January 10, 2018, 02:27:38 pm
Said the state that drew the most gerrymandered House district ever so it would guarantee a black Democrat would get elected.

I thought that was fixed in 2016.



http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/02/delayed-congressional-primaries-redistricting
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2018, 04:19:44 pm »
It was fixed but they still designed it that way. It used to be even worse. I once voted in it when I lived east of Greensboro but only in the primary. By the general election, i was back in my old "discrick". 
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2018, 04:32:38 pm »
Quote from: Restored on January 10, 2018, 04:19:44 pm
It was fixed but they still designed it that way. It used to be even worse. I once voted in it when I lived east of Greensboro but only in the primary. By the general election, i was back in my old "discrick".

The argument was made it wasn't designed to give a democrat a district, it was designed to limit the districts the democrats could get.



I have long thought that forcing districts to use existing postal codes as borders might limit this.
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Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2018, 04:37:08 pm »
Bleh. This will be appealed and be on going for a while.
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Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2018, 04:50:22 pm »
It's 2018.  Are they going to argue this up to the day it's rendered moot?
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