Thank you North Carolina
Today three judges on the North Carolina Supreme court ruled that politically partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional under the North Carolina constitution. What a beautiful sunrise! Perhaps the rays of this bright, clear ruling will light up the dark partisan courtroom of our nation's supreme court. These judges, two Democrats and one Republican, voted unanimously to redo the voting districts of North Carolina. In their ruling they said that the partisan districts that allowed the Republican candidates to win a majority of seats in spite of getting fewer votes. The New York Times said, "The existing maps were so effective that they helped entrench Republican majorities even when Democrats won more votes statewide. In 2018, Republican candidates for North Carolina’s House of Representatives won less than 50 percent of the two-party statewide vote, but walked away with 65 seats to the Democrats’ 55. Republican candidates for the State Senate also won a minority of