Maryland and North Carolina may have unconstitutional congressional maps – here’s what they look like
District to the North, adding a swatch of rural, Republican-leaning voters back into the district, and redraws the 8District to create a newly compact district containing the Democratic-leaning voters of the northwest D.C. suburbs.
“I propose that we draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and three Democrats,” said Republican state Rep., who led the redistricting effort, “because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats.” However, in January 2018, a federal district court struck down the new map as well, ruling that it was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. A court order to redraw the districts again was stayed pending a review of the case by the Supreme Court.
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