Source: WRAL, 9/27/17

A House committee on Wednesday approved a statewide proposal for new election districts for District Court and Superior Court judges and for prosecutors, the first such comprehensive overhaul in more than 50 years. Chairman Rep. Justin Burr
, R-Stanly, is the sponsor of House Bill 717. He said many counties haven't updated their districts in years to account for population changes, leaving some districts with far more constituents than others. 

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