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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Feb 23, 2022, 09:21 PM Feb 2022

Courts in North Carolina, Pennsylvania reject Republican-backed congressional maps

By Joseph Ax

(Reuters) -Courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania on Wednesday approved new congressional districts that could bolster Democrats' chances of holding onto the U.S. House of Representatives in November, after Republican efforts to install more advantageous maps for their party failed in both states.

A panel of North Carolina judges rejected the latest map produced by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, ruling that it did not meet the standards of partisan fairness that the state's Supreme Court set earlier this month.

Instead, the judges adopted a map drawn by several court-appointed experts. The new map includes seven likely Republican districts, six likely Democratic districts and one competitive seat, Dave Wasserman, a redistricting analyst at Cook Political Report, said on Twitter.

The state Supreme Court had previously tossed out an initial Republican-backed plan as unconstitutionally partisan, finding that Republicans would win a strong majority of the state's 14 seats under almost any circumstance.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/courts-in-north-carolina-pennsylvania-reject-republican-backed-congressional-maps/ar-AAUdLhg

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Courts in North Carolina, Pennsylvania reject Republican-backed congressional maps (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 OP
In PA the courts only got involved Deminpenn Feb 2022 #1
One other point is the Rs (and pundits) were basing a lot of Deminpenn Feb 2022 #2

Deminpenn

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1. In PA the courts only got involved
Wed Feb 23, 2022, 09:31 PM
Feb 2022

Because Gov Wolf and the R controlled state legislature could not agree on a map.

Deminpenn

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2. One other point is the Rs (and pundits) were basing a lot of
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 02:10 PM
Feb 2022

their assumptions about Rs re-taking the House on the red state's ability to heavily gerry-mander CDs. Now that's not happening in NC or PA. My guess is Rs will lose 1 seat in PA and maybe 3 or 4 in NC with both these new maps.

It's possible Ohio's map could be tossed and redone, too.

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