Daughter of late redistricting guru reveals more of his work
Source: Associated Press
Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press
Updated 6:29 pm CST, Monday, January 6, 2020
Photo: AP
FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2001, file frame from video provided by C-SPAN, Thomas Hofeller speaks during an event at the Republican National Committee in Washington. Thousands of formerly confidential documents and emails that influenced the outcome of a partisan gerrymandering lawsuit have been made public. A judge has yet to decide whether others should stay confidential. (C-SPAN via AP, File)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Thousands of formerly confidential documents and emails that influenced the outcome of a partisan gerrymandering lawsuit have been made public. A judge has yet to decide whether others should stay confidential.
The documents and emails belonging to the late Thomas Hofeller were placed on a website over the weekend by his daughter, Stephanie Hofeller. Hofeller said she first discovered them while visiting her parents' home in Raleigh shortly after her father's death in August 2018.
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The documents Stephanie Hofeller retrieved from external hard drives contain redistricting work her father did in several other states and also revealed his role in the Trump administration's efforts to include a citizenship question on 2020 census forms. Courts also blocked the citizenship question for the census.
The files released on the website include statistics, tables, maps and other paperwork related to redistricting in North Carolina and other states including Arizona, Missouri, New York, Texas and Virginia.
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Federal Court Orders New Elections in North Carolina Due to Racial Gerrymandering
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Looks like there was more than just vote tampering going on in North Carolina…
Federal court orders North Carolina to hold special 2017 elections after ruling “racial gerrymander” of districts unconstitutional
NC lawmakers must redraw legislative map that won the GOP veto-proof majorities despite losing 2012’s popular vote
North Carolina lawmakers have been ordered by a U.S. federal court to redraw 28 state House and Senate districts and to hold a special legislative election next year after the court struck down the state’s legislative map as an unconstitutional “racial gerrymander.”
A three-judge panel of the Middle District Court ruled Tuesday that the Republican-drawn legislative map had illegally packed African-American and Hispanic voters into a few districts, ruling that 28 of them were unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. The judges found North Carolina’s legislative districts to be so racially biased that they are forcing the state to redo its elections next year.
In an 83-page ruling last summer, the same three-judge panel found that Republican lawmakers’ “new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision.” While the court ruled at the time that 28 of the General Assembly’s 170 districts were illegal racial gerrymanders, it decided it was too late in the election cycle to redraw new maps and hold elections in November. On Tuesday, the judges ordered lawmakers to redraw its own districts by March 15, meaning those elected to the state House and Senate a few weeks ago in districts ordered to be redrawn would serve just one year, not two as expected.
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https://btx3.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/federal-court-orders-new-elections-in-north-carolina-due-to-racial-gerrymandering/
