BLANKENSHIP v. BARTLETT

No. 455PA06-2.

681 S.E.2d 759 (2009)

Brian L. BLANKENSHIP, Thomas J. Dimmock, and Frank D. Johnson v. Gary BARTLETT, as Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections; Roy Cooper, as Attorney General of the State of North Carolina; and North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akins/Hunt, P.C., by Donald G. Hunt, Jr., Fuquay-Varina, for plaintiff-appellants.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Alexander McC. Peters, Special Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-appellees.


BRADY, Justice.

Wake County voters are divided into four districts for purposes of exercising their constitutional right to elect superior court judges. However, the General Assembly gives residents in Superior Court District 10C approximately one-fifth, or only 20%, of the voting power of residents in Superior Court District 10A. Likewise, residents of Superior Court Districts 10B and 10D have approximately one-fourth, or 25% of the voting power of residents in Superior...

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