Source: Melissa Boughton, NC POLICY WATCH, 10/11/9


The first hearing in a new partisan gerrymandering case over the 2016 Congressional map has been scheduled for Oct. 24. The same three-judge panel who decided another recent case over legislative districts, Common Cause v. Lewis, will hear this lawsuit, Harper v. Lewis. The plaintiffs, voters from allegedly gerrymandered Congressional districts, filed a motion to expedite proceedings to enjoin the use of the 2016 map ahead of the 2020 elections.

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