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It’s official: (NC) Redistricting maps adopted

Link.  Brisson said he expects there to be challenges to the new maps as that is just a standard procedure.

“They say they feel good going to court,” said Brisson.

He added the number of voters in each district are very close and if the maps are determined to comply with federal regulations then the law suits will become a moot point.

“There’ll be some fussing, I’m sure,” said Brisson.

Texas asks San Antonio panel to rule in its favor

Link: In its redistricting litigation, Texas filed a motion for partial summary judgment, asserting:



  • Claims alleging discrimination under the 14th and 15th Amendments fail because the evidence presented by the plaintiffs does not show discriminatory intent – as opposed to just a disparate impact.

  • The evidence presented by the plaintiffs “shows conclusively that the dispersal of population across the State makes it impossible to draw additional congressional districts consisting of a majority of Latino or African-American voters [and]  … plaintiffs attempts to draw alternative districts dilute protected voting groups in existing districts, violate the Fourteenth Amendment, and violate traditional redistricting principles.”  The state contends that, in evaluating any such claims, the panel must look at citizen voting age population rather than merely voting age population.  [Note: The state at this time has not sought summary judgment on claims that additional minority majority state house seats could be drawn.]

  • MALC and LULAC fail to support their claims about an alleged 4-8% census undercount of Hispanics with the required clear and convincing evidence 

Felon removed from Raleigh (NC) ballot

here is the Link




The short-lived candidacy of Lent C. Carr II came to a swift end today when the Wake County elections board ruled that his status as a felon makes him ineligible to run for a seat on the Raleigh City Council.


Carr’s name will be removed from the Oct. 11 ballot following a unanimous vote by a three-member elections panel, which needed less than five minutes to reach its decision.


Carr, imprisoned last week for violating the conditions of his parole for a 2000 fraud conviction, did not attend the hearing. But the former minister signaled through a representative that he will fight to keep his candidacy alive.