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McCrory Asks Legislature To Hold Extra Session Addressing New Congressional Districts

88.5 WFDD - Public Radio For The Piedmont | By Sean Bueter
Published February 17, 2016 at 5:43 PM EST
Legislators are being called back to the statehouse Thursday to vote on proposed to changes to North Carolina's congressional districts. Two of the districts were ruled to be unconstitutional. (Source: NC Sen. Phil Berger / Twitter)

Lawmakers have unveiled proposed changes to North Carolina's congressional maps.

The reallocation comes after a three-judge panel decided two of the current districts–the 1st and the 12th–had been drawn illegally.

According to the News and Observer, the two controversial districts that the court struck down would be more compact in the proposed map.

For example, the 12th District would now be entirely within Mecklenburg County, instead of pushing up into Greensboro. The 1st District–which currently covers parts of 24 counties–would now touch only 14.

Gov. Pat McCrory issued a proclamation Wednesday afternoon calling the legislature to hold an extra session Thursday to vote on the proposed changes.

Compare the maps:

 
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Politics & Government redistrictingCongressElection 2016Pat McCrory
Sean Bueter
Sean Bueter joined WFDD in August 2015 as a reporter covering issues across the Piedmont Triad and beyond.Previously, Sean was a reporter, host and news director at WBOI in Fort Wayne, Ind., just a few hours from where he grew up. He also sorted Steve Inskeep's mail as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.Sean has experience on a variety of beats, including race, wealth and poverty, economic development, and more. His work has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and APM's Marketplace.In his spare time, Sean plays tennis (reasonably well), golf (reasonably poorly), and scours local haunts for pinball machines to conquer.
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