Post by Logan on Feb 19, 2016 1:55:24 GMT -6
Republican legislators’ proposed changes to North Carolina’s congressional boundaries dramatically reshape two districts a panel of federal judges found unconstitutional.
But the proposed map also changes each of the state’s 13 congressional districts, some of them strikingly.
Two House members would no longer live in the districts they represent, although by law that isn’t necessary. The 13th District, now anchored in the Triangle, would move across the state. And the serpentine 12th District would become the most compact.
But one thing would not change. According to voting statistics released for the proposed districts, three would strongly favor a Democrat, while the other 10 lean Republican. GOP lawmakers say they want to keep the existing 10-3 partisan split.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article60894672.html