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Critics drop malapportionment claim in Watauga districts lawsuit
Critics challenging Watauga County local election districts are dropping their claims that the districts lead to malapportionment.
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Judge denies injunction, Watauga districts stand for 2026 elections
A federal judge will not issue an injunction blocking local election districts the North Carolina General Assembly created for Watauga County.
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Legislators oppose injunction against Watauga voting districts
State legislative leaders outlined their objections Monday to an injunction that would block local election districts they created for Watauga County in 2023 and 2024.
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NAACP to add new NC congressional map to existing lawsuit
The North Carolina NAACP and Common Cause hope to challenge the state’s new congressional map as part of their existing federal redistricting lawsuit.
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Federal suit challenges NC laws for local Watauga voting districts
A new federal lawsuit challenges state laws that created new voting districts for Watauga County’s county commissioners and school board. The suit alleges that the Republican-led General Assembly’s districts violate voters’ constitutional rights.
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No ruling before August in NC redistricting trial
No final decision is expected before August in a federal trial involving challenges to North Carolina’s congressional and legislative election maps. The three-judge panel overseeing the case wrapped up the six-day trial Wednesday. The judges called on parties defending and attacking the maps to submit final written documents by Aug. 5.
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Judges remove districts, drop other claims in NC redistricting suits
A three-judge panel has struck down challenges to more than 20 legislative and congressional districts in two consolidated federal redistricting lawsuits. The panel also rejected claims that North Carolina election maps include too many or too few voters in some challenged districts.
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Unaffiliated voters drop 2022 lawsuit over NC elections board appointments
Unaffiliated voters have dropped their 2022 federal lawsuit challenging a state law that blocks them from serving on the North Carolina State Board of Elections. All parties in the case signed a joint stipulation of dismissal filed Tuesday.
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Federal judges consolidate two NC redistricting cases
Federal judges have agreed to consolidate two lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new election maps. State legislative leaders had requested the consolidation. Plaintiffs in both cases had opposed the request.
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Three GOP-appointed judges to oversee NAACP’s federal redistricting suit
Three federal judges appointed by Republican presidents will oversee the NAACP’s lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new congressional and legislative election maps. A judge appointed by former Democratic President Barack Obama issued an order Tuesday appointing the three-judge panel.
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NAACP, Common Cause target NC congressional, legislative election maps in federal suit
A new federal lawsuit targets all three of North Carolina’s new statewide election maps for unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, left-of-center activist group Common Cause, and eight individual plaintiffs want federal courts to block those maps. The lawsuit arrived Tuesday morning, four days after candidate filing ended under the challenged maps.
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Cooper rebuts arguments from unaffiliated voters in elections board lawsuit
As Gov. Roy Cooper complains about a legislative plan to revamp the N.C. State Board of Elections, he also has filed a new brief opposing unaffiliated voters’ federal lawsuit challenging the existing board’s makeup.
