Legislature Starts Drawing New Maps
The district map-drawing ball is back in the legislature’s hands, and both the state House and Senate are scrambling to draw new maps under the court’s rules before the clock runs out this Thursday, September 19. Those rules made for an exceptionally open and publicly transparent process, in which private partisan caucuses and use of […]
Victory for Democracy
North Carolina’s state legislative maps are unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders, said a special three-judge panel last week, and must be redrawn immediately to fix that bias. Partisan gerrymandering is when districts are drawn specifically and systematically for the purpose of elevating candidates of one political party over all opponents. The case, Common Cause v. Lewis, challenged […]
Gerrymandering on Trial
We’re one step closer to determining whether North Carolina voters will have the chance to decide our future in competitive elections based on fair legislative maps. Environmental advocates believe if voters get to choose their representatives — instead of politicians picking their voters — they will choose leaders who will stand up for clean air, […]
Supremes Allow Gerrymandering to Continue
Last week, a sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court concluded its term with a 5-4 refusal to rule even the most extreme partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional. The court overturned Appeals Court decisions which had struck down congressional district plans in North Carolina and Maryland as unconstitutional abuses. The majority called the redistricting maps, which were drawn with […]
Campaign Watch: End Gerrymandering
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Education & Resources: End Gerrymandering
Education & Resources: End Gerrymandering Speaking of the problem of non-competitive legislative districts, and the difficulty that creates for holding legislators accountable for their bad environmental votes, there’s an effort underway now to change that. Democracy North Carolina is sponsoring a “Citizens Lobby Day to End Gerrymandering” on March 1 at the General Assembly in […]
