The General Assembly is getting down to business on its once-a-decade redrawing of boundaries for North Carolina’s General Assembly and congressional districts.
The joint meeting of the House and Senate redistricting committees scheduled for Wednesday is expected to provide a primer on how state and federal laws and court rulings restrict how lines can be drawn. The Senate’s redistricting leader says he’d like boundaries finalized in May.
The state received 2010 Census data that form the basis of the mapping. It shows the urban centers of Charlotte and Raleigh and suburbs should gain in representation at the expense of rural areas that haven’t grown as rapidly. New boundaries would be used through the 2020 elections.
