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A North Carolina federal panel lets redistricting lawsuits expand, challenging a new GOP-drawn map seen as worsening racial and partisan gerrymandering.
A federal three-judge panel in North Carolina has allowed plaintiffs to expand their redistricting lawsuits to challenge the state’s newly drawn congressional map, approved by Republican lawmakers via Senate Bill 249.
The updated map, which redraws Districts 1 and 3 in eastern North Carolina, is expected to secure an 11-3 Republican majority in the U.S. House delegation.
Critics, including the NAACP and Common Cause, argue the map, created without a census or court order, dilutes Black and Latino voting power in the Northeastern Black Belt region and retaliates against prior legal challenges.
They claim the changes worsen partisan and racial gerrymandering, violating the U.S. Constitution and federal voting rights laws.
The state defends the map as a legitimate legislative action.
All parties must submit a proposed schedule for resolving the new claims by 5 p.m. Monday, with the new map set to be used in the 2026 elections.
Un panel federal de Carolina del Norte permite que las demandas por redistribución de distritos se expandan, desafiando un nuevo mapa dibujado por el Partido Republicano visto como un empeoramiento de la manipulación racial y partidista.