The governor of North Carolina is calling the Legislature into special session to vote on delaying North Carolina’s primary, currently scheduled in Mid March.<\/p>\n
The reason is the Voting Rights Act – a Federal Court threw out the existing maps with the totally bizarre 12th Congressional district, which winds halfway across the state along I-85.<\/p>\n
It was drawn to satisfy the requirement to create a majority black congressional district to ensure that 2 blacks would be elected to congress out of the 13 districts – assuming blacks will blindly vote for a black candidate based solely on their skin color.<\/p>\n
Well, the 1st Congressional district elected a white Democrat despite the district being majority black. The 12th district, which covers the black part of Charlotte, elected a woman from High Point who has no history of supporting Charlotte’s issues.<\/p>\n
So the court has told NC to create majority black districts ignoring the race of the people who live in the district. The proposed map tears up the 12th district and ensures that Charlotte’s blacks will have a black Congress person. Since Alma doesn’t live in Charlotte, she loses her seat.<\/p>\n
Absentee balloting is already underway, so those ballots need to be discarded and the entire process start over. The Supreme Court could have prevented the chaos, but the death of Scalia means the court ruling will probably stand.<\/p>\n
It’s conceivable the Presidential vote might proceed then the other races be voted in May or June<\/p>\n
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