The “Black Belt” counties of eastern North Carolina have significant and politically cohesive populations of Black voters who overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates, the lawsuit states.

There are eight counties in North Carolina that have a majority Black population, and all are in eastern North Carolina. The new legislative map, enacted in 2023, divides the eight counties into four ...

RALEIGH. Two voters in Eastern North Carolina are challenging the state’s new map of state Senate districts in federal court, arguing that it dilutes the voting power of Black residents.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Two black voters in the east have filed suit to challenge recently approved North Carolina State Senate districts as illegally gerrymandered. District maps are supposed ...

At times, the district was barely wider than the I-85 corridor that connected major black community centers in North Carolina’s Piedmont region. Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections ...

North Carolina lawmakers targeted Black voting districts with ‘surgical precision,’ new lawsuit against maps claims by: Emily Mikkelsen Posted: Dec 19, 2023 / 10:36 AM EST ...

The newly redrawn district boundaries for the North Carolina state Senate divide predominantly Black counties in a way that dilutes the power of Black residents, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.

In one lawsuit, the North Carolina NAACP, Common Cause and several Black residents originally sued over redrawn state House and Senate maps and U.S. House districts.

FILE - A sergeant-at-arms in the North Carolina state Senate passes out copies of a map proposal for new state Senate districts during a committee hearing at the Legislative Office Building in ...