Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments from Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett. Anyone hoping to run for a congressional seat in North Carolina is now left waiting — indefinitely — for candidate filing to open. A Superior Court order Thursday, Nov. 21, officially stalled the filing period, which would’ve opened Dec. 2. The...
UPDATED, 8:00 p.m., to add link to court order. In the middle of North Carolina’s uncertain scuffle over congressional redistricting, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen during the 2020 primaries. But one thing is for sure, say political scientists. Incumbents probably won’t suffer if candidate filing is stalled by the ongoing congressional redistricting case, Harper...
N.C. lawmakers so far have spent two days huddled around computers in a garishly lit legislative committee room, working to fit the puzzle pieces in what will become newly redrawn congressional districts. An 18-member Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting began laying out criteria for maps Tuesday, Nov. 5. Thursday, legislators were still hunched over...
N.C. lawmakers are once again haggling over how to begin drawing new voter maps. This time, North Carolina’s congressional districts are at stake. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, legislators met in a special Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, the result of an ongoing congressional redistricting lawsuit, Harper v. Lewis. Last month, a panel of three...
