Judges Throw Out North Carolina Congressional Maps Ahead of 2020 Elections
North Carolina’s congressional maps were likely designed as “extreme partisan gerrymanders” and must be redrawn before the 2020 election, a panel of three state judges ruled Monday.
The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit brought by Eric Holder’s group seeking to end gerrymandering. The group challenged maps the Republican state legislature had drawn in 2016, arguing that it was an illegal partisan gerrymander.
The judges did not set a deadline for the new maps, but the state will have to rush to implement new district lines before...