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RALEIGH The map that has twice been used to elect the North Carolina General Assembly is unconstitutional because many of the districts are racially gerrymandered, a panel of federal judges ruled Thursday.
Elections can proceed this year, the judges said in their order, because postponing the election would cause “undue disruption.” But the legislature must redraw the districts in the next legislative session for use in 2018.
The Court determined that districts in North Carolina were purposefully drawn to weaken black representation.
And yet another blatantly racist move against minorities in North Carolina has just been killed off.
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