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NC Redistricting Trial, Day 3: Lawmaker admits secret maps used as “gameplan” for 2021 redistricting

Raleigh, N.C. (January 5, 2022) — A North Carolina lawmaker charged with drawing the state’s voting maps revealed he consulted “concept maps” previously undisclosed to…

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VOTING RIGHTS GROUP JOINS NC REDISTRICTING CASE TO CHALLENGE GERRYMANDERED MAPS’ IMPACT ON BLACK VOTERS

UPDATE: On December 15, the Wake County Superior Court granted Common Cause’s motion to intervene in North Carolina League of Conservation Voters et al. and…

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BREAKING: CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS APPEAL TO N.C. SUPREME COURT TO ADDRESS LAWMAKERS’ REDISTRICTING FAILURES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2021 MEDIA CONTACTS:
Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906
Gino Nuzzolillo, gino@scsj.org, 402-415-4763 Raleigh, N.C. (December 7, 2021) — Civil rights groups…

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Civil Rights Groups Appeal to N.C. Supreme Court to address Lawmakers’ Redistricting Failures

Raleigh, N.C. (December 7, 2021) — Civil rights groups appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday to expedite their challenge of the North Carolina legislature’s process for drawing state legislative and Congressional voting maps.

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BREAKING: CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FILE STATE LAWSUIT OVER NORTH CAROLINA REDISTRICTING FAILURES

Raleigh, N.C. (Oct. 29, 2021) — Civil rights groups filed a state lawsuit today challenging the North Carolina Legislature’s process for drawing new N.C. House…

NC high court backs racially gerrymandered voting maps as drawn

Raleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of state voting maps drawn by the Republican-majority legislature in 2011.
Critics…

Redistricting Principles Endorsed

SCSJ Endorses Redistricting Principles For a More Perfect Union On June 17, 2014 Common Cause released a set of Redistricting Principles For a More Perfect…

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NC Redistricting Trial, Day 3: Lawmaker admits secret maps used as “gameplan” for 2021 redistricting

VOTING RIGHTS GROUP JOINS NC REDISTRICTING CASE TO CHALLENGE GERRYMANDERED MAPS’ IMPACT ON BLACK VOTERS

BREAKING: CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS APPEAL TO N.C. SUPREME COURT TO ADDRESS LAWMAKERS’ REDISTRICTING FAILURES

Civil Rights Groups Appeal to N.C. Supreme Court to address Lawmakers’ Redistricting Failures

BREAKING: CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FILE STATE LAWSUIT OVER NORTH CAROLINA REDISTRICTING FAILURES

NC high court backs racially gerrymandered voting maps as drawn

Redistricting Principles Endorsed