State partisan gerrymandering trial set to begin in July
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ” A trial is set for this summer in the lawsuit Democrats and election reform advocates filed alleging North Carolina legislative districts violate the state constitution because of excessive partisan bias favoring Republicans.A state three-judge panel filed an order Friday directing a July 15 trial start in Wake County court.The plaintiffs allege partisan gerrymandering taints maps largely drawn by Republican legislators in 2017, even though a federal court […]
