David Lewis

Courts Strike Down North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering, Legislature Redraws With Explicit Partisan Intent

2017-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Federal courts strike down North Carolina’s 2011 legislative redistricting as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, finding that Republican lawmakers illegally packed African American voters into 28 districts. In response, the Republican-controlled legislature redraws the maps with explicit …

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North Carolina Republicans Begin Aggressive Racial Gerrymandering

2011-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Following their historic gains in the 2010 elections, North Carolina Republicans gain control of the General Assembly for the first time in over a century and immediately implement the “Rucho-Lewis plan”—an aggressive redistricting scheme that packs African American voters into …

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