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Title: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
Post by: Suppressed on January 10, 2018, 07:03:04 am: 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 Carolinaâ€™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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Title: Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
Post by: thackney on January 10, 2018, 02:14:06 pm: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/north-carolina-gerrymander.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/us/north-carolina-gerrymander.html)

This works without the paywall.
Title: Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
Post by: thackney 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.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.dth/32008_districtswebf.jpg)

http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/02/delayed-congressional-primaries-redistricting (http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/02/delayed-congressional-primaries-redistricting)
Title: Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
Post by: 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".
Title: Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
Post by: thackney 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.

(https://images.dailykos.com/images/316456/story_image/North_Carolina_Congressional_Redistricting_Comparisons.png)

I have long thought that forcing districts to use existing postal codes as borders might limit this.
Title: Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
Post by: Frank Cannon on January 10, 2018, 04:37:08 pm: Bleh. This will be appealed and be on going for a while.
Title: Re: North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered [paywall]
Post by: Cyber Liberty 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?