Common Cause NC responds to court ruling that NC congressional districts were gerrymandered, must be redrawn
A federal court on Friday ruled that two of North Carolina's 13 congressional districts -- the 1st and 12th -- were unconstitutionally gerrymandered and ordered the state to redraw the districts by Feb. 19. The following is a statement by Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, in response to the decision.