Courts may play outsize role in redistricting fights
A North Carolina state court offered a taste Monday of the last-minute legal wrangling that could pop up throughout this redistricting cycle when it temporarily halted congressional and state legislative candidates from filing to run in elections barely three months away.
The Tar Heel State faces several gerrymandering lawsuits over its new congressional map, part of a legal deluge facing almost all 18 states that have finished redistricting so far. The Justice Department added to the storm Monday, suing Texas over its map. Similar fights playing out in state and federal courts may end up determining more congressional maps than usual this year, experts say.
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