Billy Ball Explains NC: Rigging the 2026 election through gerrymandering

By Billy Ball

November 10, 2025

In the latest “Billy Ball Explains NC,” we take a look at what we can do to combat gerrymandering in NC and across the US.

In NC, because of gerrymandering, you could argue we’re not even a democracy anymore, but we’re not powerless to stop it.

In the latest Billy Ball Explains NC, we take a look at how gerrymandering became such a pressing threat to our democracy, and what we can do about it.

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Billy Ball

Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine's senior newsletter editor. He’s covered local, state, and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment, and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary have earned state, regional, and national awards. He's also the founder of The Living South, a journalism project about the most interesting people in the American South.

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