Sentences with phrase «adopting redistricting plans»

The North Carolina congressional delegation was heavily Democratic until 2012 when the Republicans had occasion, after the 2010 United States census, to adopt a redistricting plan of their choosing.

By analogy, when a state legislature fails to adopt a redistricting plan that complies with the constitution, which is normally a political question, this failure to act allows a federal court to craft a redistricting plan as a remedy for the failure of the legislature to act, in order to protect the constitutional rights of voters and candidates in future elections, even though no express language of the constitution or statute addresses the remedy when a state legislature fails to pass a redistricting plan.

Not exact matches

I am here today to respectfully ask on behalf of the people I serve that the redistricting plan that is adopted continue to include as much of Oneida County as possible, if not the entire county, within one Congressional District.»