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Guilford County, which includes Guilford College and the city of Greensboro, is located
at the northern end of North Carolina’s 12th Congressional district. District 12 and
district 1 have both been ruled unconstitutional under the 14th amendment. The
districts have been gerrymandered to include a disproportionate amount of people of
color, which minimizes the impact of their votes.

Ruling affects voters in GSO

Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor February 12, 2016

On a map, the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina takes a shape vaguely reminiscent of a dragon, snaking its way north along Interstate 85 from Charlotte to the Piedmont Triad. In the eastern...

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