News: Rep. Don Davis (D-N.C.), whose district was recently redrawn as part of a GOP gerrymander, is introducing a bill on Tuesday that would institute a retroactive and proactive ban on mid-decade redistricting.
The legislation, titled the “Stop Retaliatory Redistricting Act of 2025,” would bar mid-decade redistricting unless required by states to comply with the Voting Rights Act or constitutional reasons.
This would apply to states that redistricted post-2020 “beyond the regular decennial census.” North Carolina would be one of those states.
Davis’ bill includes two exceptions, for courts redrawing maps to and for court-mandated redrawing by the state legislature.
The North Carolina Democrat will introduce the bill during the House pro forma session this afternoon. The GOP-dominated North Carolina legislature shifted Davis’ district from a swing seat that leaned slightly Republican to a seat that backed President Donald Trump by double digits in 2024.
