Redistricting in North Carolina: When will we see the maps?

The deadline is fast approaching for the Republican-led General Assembly to redraw North Carolina’s political maps.

Lawmakers have until about Nov. 5 to finish redistricting. They’re about two weeks into the process of drawing new district maps for Congress and the legislature. The schedule for redistricting is so tight because candidate filing for next year’s primaries is Dec. 6, so the maps need to be done a month beforehand.

The primary elections are March 8, but past state primaries have been in May. That’s left many wondering why the legislature doesn’t just delay the election to have more time to draw the maps and gather public comment before they’re approved.

“This is compressed, and it doesn’t have to be,” said Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, an advocacy organization that has lobbied for restricting reform.

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