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Federal judges order new North Carolina district lines
By artappraiser on Mon, 07/31/2017 - 11:31pm |By Reid Wilson @ TheHill.com, July 31
Three federal judges on Monday ordered North Carolina's state legislature to draw new legislative district boundaries within a month, the latest ruling against boundaries drawn by Republicans that judges have found improper.
The unanimous ruling ordered the legislature to draw new district lines by Sept. 1. The order impacts 28 of the state's 170 General Assembly districts, which the court said last year discriminated against African-American voters by weakening their political power [....]
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http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/344714-federal-judges-order-new-north-carolina-district-lines
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