The FayObserver provides a peek at the North Carolina house and senate redistricting plans.

two key sections:

The new maps include 24 majority-black districts in the N.C. House and 10 in the Senate, according to an attached memo. Currently, there are 18 black House members and seven black Senators.

Under the prior maps, districts designed to favor minorities sometimes had fewer than 50 percent minorities by population. Court rulings since those maps were drawn have imposed tighter restrictions on the minimum requirements for minority districts