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littlemissmartypants

(34,346 posts)
Tue Sep 3, 2019, 04:40 PM Sep 2019

Gerrymandering Lawsuit Win!!

Cross post from General Discussion

Hat Tip to brooklynite

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212434427#post6




NEWS — We just won our NC state court gerrymandering lawsuit! The trial court struck down the current state House and state Senate plans and required that new plans be drawn immediately.


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Check out Daniel Jacobson (@Dan_F_Jacobson): https://twitter.com/Dan_F_Jacobson?s=09

ETA others sources:

Breaking news: A 3-judge panel struck down North Carolina's state legislative districts as unlawful partisan gerrymanders. The court said the maps violated the state constitution and gave lawmakers until 9/18/2019 to draw new maps https://t.co/0COOid70bL


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Check out Sam Levine (@srl): https://twitter.com/srl?s=09

NEWS: A North Carolina court has just struck down the state's current state house and senate districts as partisan gerrymanders in violation of the North Carolina constitution.

Congratulations to @CommonCause and @arnoldporter for this amazing victory. https://t.co/rtOCqFiKWt


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Check out Public Interest Law Center (@PubIntLawCtr): https://twitter.com/PubIntLawCtr?s=09

Additional Hat Tip to Roland99



cross posting from General Discussion

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212434350

Hat Tip to pnwmom



Cross Post from LBN

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142363154



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Gerrymandering Lawsuit Win!! (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 OP
HOO.....RAY! Me. Sep 2019 #1
Bravo NC! sheshe2 Sep 2019 #2
I'm so happy! littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #3
This is very good news. steventh Sep 2019 #4
You're welcome, steventh. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #5

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