Professor Michael Bitzer

Redistricting decision won’t prevent future gerrymandering disputes, experts say

The Republican-led N.C. General Assembly must draw new state House and Senate district maps, a court has ruled. But the ruling — delivered in Common Cause v. Lewis — won’t prevent excessive future gerrymandering, experts say. Tuesday, Sept. 3, a three-judge Superior Court panel scrapped North Carolina’s election maps. The voting districts were cases of...

Kari Travis

News

Democrats and Republicans file for every legislative seat, but are voters energized?

It’s being called a historic milestone. But just because every state legislative seat will be contested in this year’s general election for the first time in memory doesn’t mean most races will be competitive. “Not every candidate is created equal, nor is every campaign created equal, though you have to have players on the field...

Dan Way

Redistricting decision won’t prevent future gerrymandering disputes, experts say

Democrats and Republicans file for every legislative seat, but are voters energized?

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