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Abel Rodríguez

Redistricting Battle Brews in North Carolina as Black, Latino Voters Sue Over Congressional Map

Polling place in Durham, North Carolina. (Credit: JONATHAN DRAKE/Reuters)

CHICAGO. — A group of Black and Latino voters filed a lawsuit in North Carolina, claiming that the state's new congressional map is unconstitutional and violates their 14th and 15th Amendments.

North Carolina's newest congressional map was passed into law in late October in a process that the defendants in the lawsuit claimed had "limited opportunity for public input," and that was passed in secrecy.

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