'Voters are not freely choosing their representatives. Rather, representatives are choosing their voters,' the judges said.
A court on Tuesday struck down North Carolina's current legislative district maps for"extreme partisan gerrymandering" intended to benefit the Republican Party and ordered officials in the state to redraw the maps in two weeks, a decision that at least one top GOP lawmaker has said he won't appeal.
The maps they were referring to were drawn by North Carolina's Republican-led lawmakers in 2017 to replace maps they drew in 2011. Both sets have been ruled unconstitutional. The current maps are in violation of the state's constitution because"it is the carefully crafted maps, and not the will of the voters, that dictate the election outcomes in a significant number of legislative districts and, ultimately, the majority control of the General Assembly," the judges concluded.
"We disagree with the court's ruling as it contradicts the Constitution and binding legal precedent, but we intend to respect the court's decision and finally put this divisive battle behind us," Berger said in a statement, according to."Nearly a decade of relentless litigation has strained the legitimacy of this state's institutions, and the relationship between its leaders, to the breaking point. It's time to move on.
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