Source: Bryan Anderson, WRAL, 1/17/22

 The North Carolina Senate will vote Wednesday to decide whether to extend the primary election cycle by three weeks—a plan that could give Republicans more power in the drawing of voting maps and eliminate the possibility of runoffs. The move, announced Monday by Senate Republicans, aims to boost the party’s control over the process of drawing congressional and legislative maps if the state Supreme Court decides next month to strike down new voting maps the GOP put in place last fall.

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