Voters File Lawsuit Over Newly Adopted North Carolina Senate Map, Argue It ‘Deprives’ Black Voters

Signs direct voters into a polling station during the 2020 presidential election in Durham County, N.C., on Nov. 3, 2020. Jonathan Drake/Reuters

A lawsuit filed on Nov. 20 by two voters in North Carolina is challenging a newly adopted Republican-drawn state Senate map, arguing that it “deprives” black voters of the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.

The lawsuit was filed by plaintiffs Rodney Pierce, a social studies teacher from Halifax County, and Moses Matthews, a retired chemist from Martin County, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Eastern Division.