Lawsuit filed over new NC congressional map

A group of voters argue that the congressional map Republicans enacted last month unconstitutionally dilutes the voting power racial minorities.

North Carolina’s newly enacted congressional map stands to give Republicans 10 or 11 of the 14 U.S. House seats up for grabs.

A group of voters filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to strike down North Carolina’s newly enacted congressional map. Under the voting plan Republicans approved along party lines last month, Republicans would get three to four additional U.S. House seats currently held by Democrats (You can read about the winners and losers under this map here).