RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly reconvenes in two weeks, and some House Republicans keep working meanwhile to get proposed changes to judicial election districts on the agenda when colleagues return.

A House committee discussing redrawing voting districts for trial court judges and district attorneys holds its second meeting Tuesday. A wholesale redraw hasn’t occurred in more than 60 years. Republicans say redistricting would create fairer districts. Democrats argue it’s a pretense for GOP gerrymandering.

Any House-approved redistricting would still have to clear the Senate. It also would be subject to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto stamp.

One idea floated among Republicans would link approval of new maps to a proposed constitutional amendment sought by some senators to change the way the state chooses judges, which today is through partisan elections.

 

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