Dr. Andy Jackson, director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity at the John Locke Foundation, discusses dilemmas mapmakers must resolve in North Carolina’s election redistricting process. Learn more here: “Redistricting dilemmas: If you ain’t packing Asheville, you’re cracking Asheville.”
Locke’s Andy Jackson discusses N.C. redistricting dilemmas
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