A North Carolina court just threw out Republicans' gerrymandered state legislature map

[Miles Archer]

A North Carolina court just threw out Republicans’ gerrymandered state legislature map

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/3/20848087/north-carolina-court-republican-gerrymander-state-legislature-map

North Carolina’s state court delivered Democrats a big win Tuesday, ruling the state’s legislative district map unconstitutional, and paving a path to undo years of Republican gerrymandering in a traditionally competitive state.

In a 357-page decision, a three-judge panel ruled the state’s legislative districts violated the North Carolina State Constitution through “extreme partisan gerrymandering.” The case was brought by Common Cause North Carolina, a nonpartisan group working to end gerrymandering in the state.

“The 2017 Enacted Maps, as drawn, do not permit voters to freely choose their representative, but rather representatives are choosing voters based upon sophisticated partisan sorting,” the ruling states.

The court is leaving it up to the Republican state legislature to redraw the maps, but it is setting specific guidelines for them to follow: The new maps must be redrawn by September 18 (within two weeks), lawmakers can’t use data to try to draw a partisan advantage, and the redrawing process must be public. The court will also appoint a referee to review the redrawn maps before they are enacted, and if the legislature tries to delay, the referee could redraw the maps itself.

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...for visibility...

This is big news.

[blm]

2. NCGA is as fascist as they come

[Kurt V.]

3. Republicans will redraw the maps? ooooookkkkkkk

[CMYK]

5. They were in power

During the 2010 census, so they get the privilege (or something like that)

[Gothmog]

4. North Carolina Republicans say they won't appeal today's ruling

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