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NC Redistricting roundup

It’s been a hectic week in NC redistricting news. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice went ahead as expected and pre-cleared North Carolina’s new [...]
November 4, 2011 | Posted in: Current Events, Redistricting | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

First out date looms — here we go

Tomorrow is the scheduled day for the First Out for the redistricting plans submitted for North Carolina’s congressional and state legislature districts. First Out is [...]
October 31, 2011 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Courts, Current Events, Elections, Redistricting | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Primary fight brewing after redistricting

If the maps stay the same, it’s looking more and more like two veteran Democratic congressmen could end up vying for the opportunity to represent [...]
August 25, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Congress, Elections, Redistricting | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

New maps are worse for Dems

Why is it not surprising that the fix is worse than the original? Via Roll Call: The new map draws Democratic Reps. Brad Miller and [...]
July 20, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, General Assembly, Redistricting, US House | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

The Maps of Mid July

“Elections matter” although perhaps a little condescending is the best way to answer the questions you get when trying to explain the consequences of the [...]
July 13, 2011 | Posted in: Congress, Courts, Elections, General Assembly, Redistricting | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Early handicapping NC US House races

The official proposed congressional maps are out and some early analysis says that the districts now represented by Reps. Larry Kissell, Heath Shuler and Brad [...]
July 1, 2011 | Posted in: Redistricting, US House | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Let’s hear it for transparency

Updated: Strange version of a late Friday news dump but apparently the House Republicans held their strategy discussion with an open mike in the room [...]
June 3, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Courts, NCHouse, Redistricting | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Redistricting hearing tonight

Here’s the link to the live stream on WRAL The last public hearing on redistricting is coming up this afternoon at 4 p.m.. WRAL is [...]
May 9, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Redistricting | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink