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Two Congressional Districts Declared Unconstitutional

WUNC | By Laura Lee,
Frank Stasio
Published February 8, 2016 at 12:07 PM EST
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A federal appellate court declared North Carolina's 1st and 12th Congressional Districts unconstitutional because they were gerrymandered on race. The court ordered legislators to redraw the districts within two weeks.

The ruling puts many issues surrounding the March 15 primary, including early voting and absentee ballots, in question.

Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC capitol bureau chief Jeff Tiberii about the latest.
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Law The State of ThingsJeff TiberiiGerrymandering1st Congressional District12th Congressional DistrictFourth CircuitAlma AdamsG.K. ButterfieldBob RuchoDavid Lewis
Laura Lee
Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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