A panel of federal judges has ordered North Carolina to redraw its legislative districts, saying the current ones are unconstitutional and racially gerrymandered. In a statement, the Rev. William Barber of the North Carolina NAACP said, “This is a tremendous ruling that the Republican-led legislature used racial discrimination to undermine the power of the black vote and other minority voters, which is contrary to our Constitution and our democracy.” Despite the ruling, the judges have allowed the current voting maps to be used in the November election. Late last month, a federal appeals court also struck down voting restrictions in North Carolina, saying they “disproportionately affected African Americans.”