From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 696: The latest twist in North Carolina’s long-running debate over the process of drawing election maps involves the work of a bipartisan group of retired state judges. Led by former UNC system president and current Duke University scholar Tom Ross, the judges drafted their own congressional redistricting plan for North Carolina. Unlike current maps, which Republican legislators drew to maximize the GOP’s potential advantage in congressional races, the judges’ maps would yield results that could swing control of the state’s congressional delegation between the two parties. Ross describes the process used to develop the maps. Plus you’ll hear from two of the former N.C. Supreme Court chief justices who participated in the process.
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NCSBE report leaves questions about early voting site deadline change
A report given by Karen Brinson Bell, executive director for the North Carolina State Elections Board (NCSBE), along with Paul Cox, general counsel for NCSBE, to a Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee on Wednesday not only gave a wrap-up of the March primary and addressed other issues, but also raised questions by some on a contradictory measure taken by the board recently regarding early voting site changes.