WRAL: Civil rights groups file suit over proposed NC voting maps

RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers haven’t even voted on new congressional and legislative district maps yet, but they’re already being sued over them.

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed suit Friday afternoon in Wake County Superior Court on behalf of the state NAACP, the voting-rights group Common Cause North Carolina and four individual voters.

The suit asks a judge to block the implementation of maps lawmakers will consider next week for failing to consider race, saying several of the proposed maps would have result in reduced minority representation in Congress and the state legislature. …

“By cynically ignoring the law, legislative leaders are crafting maps that would unconstitutionally deprive Black voters of a voice in choosing their representatives,” added Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause.