Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2024
Case Ongoing
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[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a challenge to North Carolina's 2023 congressional and state legislative districts as violating the unenumerated state constitutional right to fair elections based on the partisan design. On June 28, 2024, the state trial court dismissed the case, finding the issue to be a nonjusticiable political question under the state constitution. An appeal followed.
Summary Authors
Travis Salters (3/30/2026)
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Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA) project
Mid-Decade Redistricting Cases
Key Dates
Filing Date: Jan. 31, 2024
Case Ongoing: Yes
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
The Plaintiffs are eleven individual North Carolina citizens who are registered voters residing across various North Carolina counties, each of whom voted in the 2022 elections in their respective congressional, state senate, or state house districts and were directly affected by the General Assembly's 2023 redistricting acts. They bring this action individually and on behalf of all citizens of North Carolina.
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
State
The Defendants fall into two groups: the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE), an agency of the State of North Carolina statutorily charged with administering the election laws of the State, along with its Chair, Secretary, and three Board members — each named in their official capacities only; and the two legislative leaders responsible for the redistricting, the President Pro Tem of the North Carolina Senate and the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, each named in their official capacities only.
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Case Details
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North Carolina state trial court 24-CVS-003534-910
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Outcome
Prevailing Party: None Yet / None
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Issues
Voting:
Redistricting/district composition
Case Summary of Bard v. N.C. State Bd. of Elections, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/47359/ (last updated 3/30/2026).