Here's an excerpt from the Raleigh News & Observer:
State and Republican lawyers have prepared a detailed defense of the GOP-drawn plans for legislative and congressional districts, saying that those maps - not the alternatives drawn by challengers - comply with the state Constitution and federal laws.The legal documents filed last week in state court give a preview of some of the points up for debate at a hearing tentatively scheduled for Jan. 12, when a three-judge panel will consider a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by registered Democrats and nonprofits including the state NAACP. The challengers are fighting to have the new voting maps overturned, arguing that they split an unprecedented number of voting precincts and divide voters into black and white districts.The crux of the argument "has and always will be about these precincts," said Damon Circosta, executive director of the N.C. Center for Voter Education. The Senate plan divides about 390 precincts, and the House plan divides about 250 precincts.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/12/27/1735673/gop-drawn-maps-defended.html#storylink=cpyRead the full article
State and Republican lawyers have prepared a detailed defense of the GOP-drawn plans for legislative and congressional districts, saying that those maps - not the alternatives drawn by challengers - comply with the state Constitution and federal laws.The legal documents filed last week in state court give a preview of some of the points up for debate at a hearing tentatively scheduled for Jan. 12, when a three-judge panel will consider a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by registered Democrats and nonprofits including the state NAACP. The challengers are fighting to have the new voting maps overturned, arguing that they split an unprecedented number of voting precincts and divide voters into black and white districts.The crux of the argument "has and always will be about these precincts," said Damon Circosta, executive director of the N.C. Center for Voter Education. The Senate plan divides about 390 precincts, and the House plan divides about 250 precincts.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/12/27/1735673/gop-drawn-maps-defended.html#storylink=cpyRead the full article
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