A federal court appeared to rebuke North Carolina Republicans on Thursday for failing to fully fix election districts illegally drawn because they weakened the influence of black voters. Judges on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina last year ruled 28 of the state’s 170 legislative districts were unconstitutional, and Republicans submitted a new plan last month. The court issued an order on Thursday saying nine of those districts were likely to still be illegal or unconstitutional. The court ruled in August not to hold those special elections, but tweaked Republicans for dragging their feet in making the changes. North Carolina Republicans, who have super-majorities in both chambers of the state legislature, have faced scrutiny over a number of efforts to make it more difficult for minorities to vote.

Source: Huffington Post October 26, 2017 20:16 UTC