By Dallas Woodhouse Raleigh, NC – Legislative Republicans filed an emergency motion on Monday in Wake County Superior Court seeking to block two liberal professors from helping review revised congressional and legislative maps. The professors from Princeton and Brigham Young…
By Carolina Journal Staff Raleigh, NC – State lawmakers could hit the road from the coast to the mountains next month, for a series of 10 public hearings on redistricting. That’s if they follow proposals introduced in a joint House…
By Dallas Woodhouse Raleigh, NC – North Carolina has grown large enough over the last decade to earn a 14th congressional seat, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today in a news release. That seat will be contested during next year’s…
When it comes to redistricting my most important concerns are even populations and boundaries as compact as possible. While it’s important to have representation from each part of the county, currently reflected by residency in separate districts, it…
On July 18, 2011, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners will host a second public hearing to receive input on three proposed options for redrawing the five commissioner districts based on 2010 Census population data. The hearing will be part of the…
At its May 16 meeting, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted to hold a public hearing on June 20, 2011, on a proposed redrawing of county commissioner election districts based on population changes reflected in the official 2010 Census. The h…