Supreme Court postpones Louisiana redistricting case to next term
At issue is the Louisiana legislature's creation of a Black-majority congressional district, which a group of voters claimed was an illegal racial gerrymander.
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Federal trial starts in Winston-Salem over North Carolina's political maps
Plaintiffs argue that the current maps erode Black voting power. Attorneys for the Republican defendants say the maps were legally drawn using partisan, not racial, data.
No congressional offices in Greensboro, Winston-Salem or High Point after revamp
Residents of Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point typically had an office close by. But redistricting vastly changed the face of Congress and as a result, the layout of district offices.
Watauga voters will choose commissioners differently this year
Currently, commissioners live in assigned districts but are elected at large, meaning Watauga voters can choose their commissioners whether they live in the district or not. This year, commissioners will be chosen only by residents in those individual districts under a bill approved last year.
Guilford Democrats choose Tracy Clark to fill unexpired House 57 seat
Clark will fill out the unexpired term of Ashton Clemmons, who announced last month she was stepping down.
Trial judges dismiss North Carolina redistricting lawsuit over right to 'fair elections'
North Carolina trial judges have dismissed a lawsuit challenging redrawn legislative and congressional district lines on the argument that they run afoul of an indirect constitutional right to "fair elections."
North Carolina judges grapple with defining 'fair' elections in redistricting suit
North Carolina judges are deciding whether a redistricting lawsuit claiming a state constitutional right to "fair" elections can go to trial.
National and local issues bring Greensboro voters out early to polls for 2024 primary day
Greensboro voters share what issues locally and nationally are motivating them to come out in this year's primary election.
Democrats in Triad's 6th District feel left out with no one to vote for Congress
North Carolina’s 14 congressional districts are equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. But that will change under new maps approved by the GOP-led legislature last year. Among those seats almost certain to flip is the Triad’s 6th District.
North Carolina's 5 open congressional seats drawing candidates in droves
With five members of North Carolina's U.S.