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Sen. Jeff Jackson
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BREAKING: NC court rules 3-0 that our state House and state Senate districts are *unconstitutionally gerrymandered* under our state constitution's guarantee of free and fair elections. General Assembly has 2 weeks to redraw - under court scrutiny.

A HISTORIC WIN FOR DEMOCRACY.
Folks I've been in the NC legislature for about five years and this is the single best news I have ever heard.
With fair maps, we have a genuine shot at taking the majority and re-starting the engine of progress in our state.

The easiest and most efficient way to make that happen is to support our Take the Majority program and pitch in: act.myngp.com/Forms/53530991…
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Sen. Jeff Jackson
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Regarding the recent court ruling on the two constitutional amendments, I would certainly agree that we are a deeply gerrymandered state and that this affects the moral credibility of our state legislature. 1/ #ncpol
In addition to filing numerous bills to end gerrymandering and implement independent redistricting, here’s what I had to say about our state history with gerrymandering recently: 2/
But I’ve got two issues with this ruling:

1. It’s not the appropriate judicial remedy. That would be striking down partisan gerrymandering itself, something the courts should have done a long time ago, and which they may very well do this year, at least in NC. 3/
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Sen. Jeff Jackson
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Not sure why this isn’t a bigger story. Cite for me a bigger power grab than passing a constitutional amendment that creates a loophole that allows the majority party to circumvent any governor’s veto at will. #ncpol
This isn’t an ‘absurd legal theory’ - it’s the plain reading of the text *and* the judgment of our independent legislative analysis department.
Folks - I don’t want *my party* to have this power. If we create this weapon, we all know that one day it will be regularly used. We can’t let that happen.
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Sen. Jeff Jackson
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Whoa - heads up:

The surprise session on constitutional amendments *now also includes* a bill to retroactively change election rules in order to help the GOP win a state Supreme Court election. It makes one of two R's run as Unaffiliated.

It's happening right now. #ncpol
Two Republicans and one Democrat are running for the state Supreme Court. This would retroactively change the rules in a way that would result in one of the Republicans (the non-incumbent) being listed as Unaffiliated.
This bill became public within the last 90 minutes and has already passed through committee. I'm now being called to the floor to vote on it. They are going to steamroll this.
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