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In North Carolina, voting procedure changes loom
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Contributor | John |
Last Edited | John Jul 02, 2013 08:30am |
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Category | News |
Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
News Date | Tuesday, July 2, 2013 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | To Allison Riggs, a voting rights lawyer, North Carolina's 1st Congressional District looks like an octopus with its arms stretched menacingly in all directions.
Each arm, Riggs says, sucks in black voters to pack them into the district and dilutes their voting strength in nearby districts — "a cynical strategy to disenfranchise blacks."
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