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North Carolina’s state Supreme Court tossed out a previous ruling that found electoral maps drawn by Republican lawmakers were illegal because they were too partisan.

In a series of three separate rulings Friday that effectively were wins for the GOP, the Republican majority of the state’s high court also reinstated the state’s voter ID law and ended voting rights for some felons.

Most notably, it reversed the map-drawing decision previously made when the court was majority Democrat and found the electoral districts drawn by GOP members were illegal.

“That’s just wrong if you care about having a real choice at the ballot box and electing someone like me whose job is to go to Washington and work with both sides,” said Congressman Wiley Nickel, D-13th Congressional District.

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