RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers have now passed new political districts for themselves and the state's 14 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives — but it's not the final decision, since the court system will still have a say in the matter next week.
Earlier this month the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the previous maps, drawn in 2021 and intended to be used from 2022 through 2030, violated the state constitution.
Lawmakers faced a Friday deadline to submit proposed replacement maps to a trial court for review, and they took the final votes just before 7 p.m. Thursday on their redraws for the U.S. House, N.C. House and N.C. Senate. The state House map passed nearly unanimously, but the state Senate map was more controversial, passing along party lines.
