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Black North Carolinians, voting rights groups file lawsuit against racially discriminatory NC electoral maps
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NC NAACP laban sa Berger comes on the heels of the North Carolina legislature redrawing the state’s voting maps in October 2023 to severely diminish the voting power of Black voters in the state.
The federal lawsuit calls for new congressional and state legislative districts that respect the constitutional rights of Black voters in North Carolina. Southern Coalition for Social Justice and Hogan Lovells are representing the plaintiffs in the case.
The complaint, filed December 2023, alleges various harms across both state legislative maps and the congressional map:
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