Common Cause: Landmark Victory - Court Rules NC Partisan Gerrymandering Is Unconstitutional, Orders New Legislative Maps Drawn for the 2020 Election
September 03, 2019
September 03, 2019
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 3 -- Common Cause issued the following news release:
A panel of three judges in the Wake County Superior Court ruled unanimously today in Common Cause v. Lewis that the NC General Assembly violated the North Carolina Constitution when it gerrymandered the state's legislative districts for partisan gain. The court gave the legislature two weeks to draw new NC House and NC Senate districts, applying strict nonpartisan criteria and in full public view.
A panel of three judges in the Wake County Superior Court ruled unanimously today in Common Cause v. Lewis that the NC General Assembly violated the North Carolina Constitution when it gerrymandered the state's legislative districts for partisan gain. The court gave the legislature two weeks to draw new NC House and NC Senate districts, applying strict nonpartisan criteria and in full public view.