RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina judicial panel refused Tuesday to throw out redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, rejecting arguments that the lines were illegal because they were politically stacked for the GOP. The unanimous decision by ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Barely 24 hours after their passage, North Carolina’s newly drawn maps are facing another legal complaint that will likely determine how much Republicans can expand their political clout over the coming decade in a state that is ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina judicial panel has rejected the state’s legislative district maps, finding that legislators took extreme advantage in drawing voting districts to help elect a maximum number of Republican lawmakers. The judges gave lawmakers two weeks ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina legislators have taken another step toward redrawing judicial election districts, although the changes would only apply in the state’s most-populated county. A Senate elections committee voted May 29 to remap boundaries for Superior Court districts in Mecklenburg ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics. Now, before even deciding that one, the court is taking up another similar case. The arguments justices will ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Hundreds filed for congressional, legislative and county positions Feb. 12 as the North Carolina candidate period opened, but not before yet another court ruling was issued from reams of pending litigation seeking to alter more districts or filing dates. ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal judges declined Thursday to strike down the latest edition of North Carolina congressional district boundaries being used in next week’s primary elections. A three-judge panel denied the objections filed by attorneys for voters who initially ...

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  On April 21, Duke University will be the site of the first of three events that school officials say will result in a new but unofficial map of North Carolina congressional districts. Ten retired judges will launch a “simulation ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Another North Carolina redistricting trial is getting under way, this time in federal court over a lawsuit challenging boundaries for nearly 30 state House and Senate seats. Arguments in the weeklong trial starting Monday in Greensboro ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Changes wrought by this year’s redistricting will make for unusually crowded fields in several North Carolina congressional districts during rescheduled primary elections — including one where two incumbents will face off. North Carolina lawmakers were forced ...

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