Sentences with phrase «by racial gerrymandering»

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We adopted the boldest and most pro-voter platform in history — calling for expanding early voting and vote - by - mail, implementing universal automatic voter registration and same day voter registration, ending partisan and racial gerrymandering, and making Election Day a national holiday.

In the court's majority opinion, Kagan described the two - part analysis utilized by the high court when plaintiffs allege racial gerrymandering as follows: «First, the plaintiff must prove that «race was the predominant factor motivating the legislature's decision to place a significant number of voters within or without a particular district.»

Legislators have also responded by ramping up what Democratic state Rep. Joe John, a former judge, called a «war» on the judiciary — a war that former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr, a Republican, has argued is motivated by the litigation over racial gerrymandering.