Ruling On Partisan Gerrymandering In North Carolina Could Impact Georgia

Michael Kang, who studies redistricting at the Emory University School of Law, says the North Carolina case sends a message to state lawmakers all over the country, even if new gerrymandering lawsuits don’t abound.

Dario Lopez-Mills / Associated Press

A panel of federal judges ruled Tuesday that congressional maps in North Carolina were illegally drawn by state lawmakers to give Republicans an advantage in elections. GOP state legislators now have two weeks to redraw them.

In the meantime, the decision about partisan gerrymandering is likely to have implications for Georgia.

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