Greensboro remains under closer Voting Rights Act scrutiny
A side note to the flap about Greensboro's proposed new city council districts:
If this were Winston-Salem, Durham, Charlotte, Raleigh or Wilmington, Justice Department review would not be required. Only 40 North Carolina counties are covered jurisdictions under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Greensboro must be considered more likely to deny or abridge the right to vote on account of race or color or membership in a language minority group than other large North Carolina cities and therefore demands Justice Department supervision. Or so it's thought in Washington.
Seems like an anachronism to me.
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