North Carolina’s Supreme Court delayed the 2022 primary elections by two months in light of court battles over the state’s newly drawn legislative district maps.
The midterm primaries for North Carolina's U.S. Senate seat, 14 U.S. House seats and 170 legislative seats have been moved from March until May by the state Supreme Court due to voting map lawsuits.
By Dianne Gallagher and Ethan Cohen, CNN The North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday that moves the state’s primary elections from March 2022 to May 2022, due to lawsuits over redistricting maps for congressional and state legislative districts.
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed the state’s primaries to allow more time for state courts to review two anti-gerrymandering lawsuits.
The state Supreme Court ordered the March 8 contests delayed until May 17, as lower courts examine whether the state's new, GOP-drawn political maps were unlawfully gerrymandered.
In response to lawsuits over North Carolina’s political maps, the justices issued an order on Wednesday pushing back the state’s primaries from March to May.
North Carolina's primaries in congressional and legislative races have been delayed by more than two months as the parties wrangle over redistricting plans heavily favoring Republicans.
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