It's the third state that's been ordered by the courts to redraw its lines.
found the enacted map to be an extreme partisan gerrymander. All of the maps were passed by GOP legislatures.
"Today the Supreme Court ruled that our state constitution guarantees North Carolinians the right to elect their leaders in free and fair elections, something the General Assembly denied them when they drew their unconstitutional gerrymandered maps. This is the justice we sought when we filed this lawsuit," said NCLCV executive director Carrie Clark.
The court wrote that a new map"must not diminish or dilute any individual's vote on the basis of partisan affiliation."
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