Maurice Holland Jr. laughed ruefully when he heard that a Republican Senate redistricting leader used Holland’s comments to justify a newly drawn congressional district. The district, which includes part of the Sandhills, that Republicans drew is the opposite of what Holland wanted.
...Princeton Gerrymandering Project
Voters ask redistricting mapmakers to respect community ties One of the proposed maps for new congressional districts lumps parts of Wake County with North Topsail Beach, 135 miles away, in Onslow County. That same map creates a district by taking slivers of Triad counties in the Piedmont – the western third of Guilford and the southern quarter of Forsyth – and extends it west, with a little, crooked finger...
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