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.
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Video: Protesters removed from NC legislature over GOP-backed gerrymandering
Protesters chanted “Racist maps make racist reps” outside a NC legislative meeting ahead of Republicans’ vote to gerrymander the state’s Congressional maps again.
Video: UNC student speaks out against GOP-backed gerrymandering in North Carolina
A UNC student laid into North Carolina lawmakers as they prepared to gerrymander the state’s voting maps for President Trump.
Video: NC lawmaker gives 18-minute speech condemning gerrymandering
The 18-minute speech condemning gerrymandering that NC Republicans didn’t want you to hear.
Video: Weed, gerrymandering, and political corruption — ‘Billy Ball Explains NC’ is back ✊🏻
In North Carolina, weed’s illegal, gerrymandering’s not — and politicians are rigging the rules to stay in power. We’re going to break it down it every week at “Billy Ball Explains NC.”
Video: Republican gerrymandering is the real ‘DEI’, North Carolina Democrat says
A top Democrat in North Carolina has sharp words for the latest round of Republican gerrymandering in the state.
Video: The actually very simple solution to ending gerrymandering in NC
Another year, another round of gerrymandering in NC. As Republicans rush to do President Trump’s bidding for a politically-motivated redistricting, our take on how to solve the gerrymandering problem permanently.
NC Republicans, at Trump’s behest, are gerrymandering North Carolina again
Republicans say they will redraw North Carolina’s Congressional maps again—the fourth time in the last five years—in order to help their party win more seats in 2026.
Video: North Carolina Sen. Phil Berger contemplates gerrymandering voting maps, again
Let’s unpack the reports that powerful North Carolina lawmaker Phil Berger would consider gerrymandering NC again to get President Trump’s endorsement.
Billy Ball Explains NC: Your questions on gerrymandering in North Carolina
In the latest “Billy Ball Explains NC,” Senior Editor Billy Ball takes your questions on gerrymandering.
Op-ed: Why we need to ban partisan gerrymandering once and for all
Some legislatures draw election maps that empower their favored voters and disenfranchise those on the other side. The “Fair Maps Act,” Congressman Wiley Nickel writes, would assure fairness by taking politicians out of the electoral maps process.
VIDEO: What Do Gerrymandering and Abortion Bans Have in Common
The Republican-controlled General Assembly passed its 12-week abortion ban over the objections of nearly every medical association and a majority of North Carolinians, and they did it at night and with little chance for debate. They passed new election maps, which all...
VIDEO: Gerrymandering Threatens Abortion Rights. What Can Voters Do?
North Carolina Republicans redrew Congressman Wiley Nickel’s district so that he had no chance of winning re-election in 2024. That process is called gerrymandering. And its dangers are far greater than threatening individual political careers. By drawing districts...
VIDEO: Gerrymandering: Duke vs. UNC
Several voting rights groups and voters of color have sued North Carolina Republicans over their new election maps, which all but ensure Republicans stay in power no matter what voters want. This process is called gerrymandering. But what IS gerrymandering? If you...
Abortion Access and Rural Health Threatened by Partisan Gerrymandering
Republicans in the North Carolina legislature could create election maps that ensure party dominance for the next decade over several issues that affect day-to-day lives.
NC Supreme Court OKs Partisan Gerrymandering and Voter ID Laws
The decisions, reversals of the court’s previous rulings, give the Republican-controlled General Assembly the ability to entrench their power, without checks or balances.
NC Republicans Ask State Supreme Court to Throw out Recent Rulings That Prevented Partisan Gerrymandering and Voter ID Laws
The GOP’s request for total control is not altogether surprising, as the courts have repeatedly found that North Carolina Republicans have gerrymandered and disenfranchised Black voters in the state with “almost surgical precision.”
How the Future of Free and Fair Elections May Be at Risk After Supreme Court Picks Up NC Gerrymandering Case
Everything you need to know about a NC case at the Supreme Court that could potentially have far-reaching implications for American democracy.
NC Inches Closer to Ending Gerrymandering Battle. But a Fight Remains.
We may be closer to a resolution, but Gov. Roy Cooper offered a blistering criticism of a state Senate legislative voting map he calls “blatantly unfair.”
How Fair Do Elections Need to Be? That’s the Big Question at NC’s Gerrymandering Hearing
The top court in North Carolina is getting ready to decide what has to happen to have “free elections.”
Make Elections Matter Again, North Carolina. Ban Gerrymandering.
Why North Carolina’s high court might finally do something about the cheating in our ever-gerrymandered state.
How Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression Affect North Carolina’s Paltry Minimum Wage
“What happens is your representative or senator doesn’t have any accountability toward you. They know that they can draw lines in such a way where they don’t have to listen to actual voters.”
Roy Cooper, Michael Whatley clinch US Senate primaries in North Carolina
This fall’s US Senate race in North Carolina between Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley could determine which party controls Congress’ upper chamber.
North Carolina faith leaders, advocates outline legislative wish list ahead of 2026 session
As the General Assembly prepares to return for a session this spring, North Carolina faith leaders and advocacy groups urged legislators to prioritize public education, affordable health care, and fair voting maps.
Congressman Don Davis files for reelection in a district Republicans stacked against him
A federal court recently approved a new 2026 election map intended to make it impossible for Davis, the incumbent Democrat, to win. But that Republican calculus may not be as certain as it once seemed.
Federal judges uphold several North Carolina US House districts drawn by Republicans
Federal judges will allow some of North Carolina state lawmakers’ gerrymandered US House districts to go on, but this year’s Trump-endorsed redrawing of a Black voting district is still up in the air.
NC House votes to block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood
North Carolina Republicans approved a ‘bait and switch’ bill that would block Medicaid patients from using their insurance at Planned Parenthood clinics.
NC Republicans pass new congressional map to kick a Black Democrat out of Congress
Heeding orders from President Trump, NC Republicans moved US Rep. Don Davis out of his district, leaving him with virtually no chance of winning re-election.
NC Republicans gerrymander election maps, tilting control of Congress in Trump’s favor
Despite public opposition, NC Republicans vote to gerrymander the state’s Congressional map—minimizing the power of Black voters in eastern NC almost certainly ousting eastern NC Democrat Don Davis.
Proposed NC voting map would decrease Black representation
North Carolinians are speaking up as state Republicans rush to change the congressional voting map and improve their chances in the midterms next year.