California Redistricting Model Could Work In NC, Mapmakers Say
Members of California's political mapmaking commission came to the Triad this week to show how boundaries drawn in a non-partisan way can fight gerrymandering in North Carolina.
Members of California's political mapmaking commission came to the Triad this week to show how boundaries drawn in a non-partisan way can fight gerrymandering in North Carolina.
North Carolina's embattled congressional districts went before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday in a case that has the potential to change the way legislative maps are drawn nationwide.
The Supreme Court is plunging back into the issue of whether electoral districts can be too partisan.
With an election looming, courts earlier this year declared congressional districts in two states to be unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. One map was redrawn. The other was not.
A redrawn state senate district that once created headaches for Republicans has now become a problem for Democrats.