North Carolina primaries for the U.S House of Representatives will be delayed until June 7, with that decision coming in the wake of North Carolina legislators approving a redrawing of the state’s congressional voting districts.

The March 15 primaries will proceed as planned, but votes for U.S. House of Representatives candidates would not count, under the plan approved by the Legislture. On Friday, both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly moved the primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives to June 7 — unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes — and no primary runoffs would occur in 2016.

A new filing period — March 16 to March 25 — would be opened for U.S. House candidates. Under the plan, the candidate receiving the most votes would automatically win the primary and would not have to receive at least 40 percent of the votes cast, currently the law.

On Friday, the state House approved a new map depicting the state’s 13 congressional districts. Earlier this month, a federal three-judge panel ruled that the state’s 1^st and 12^th districts were unconstitutional because race was used in setting their boundaries and set Friday as the deadline for redrawn district maps to be submitted. That panel would have to approve the new districts before they can be used.

The former 1^st District included a part of Beaufort County, with the remainder of the county in the 3^rd District. Under the new map, all of Beaufort County would be in the 3^rd District, currently represented by Republican Walter B. Jones.

Some people complained Republican legislators drew the previous district lines to cram black voters into two districts, resulting in the remaining districts having more white voters and more advantageous to Republicans. GOP lawmakers disagreed with the ruling, but they redrew the district lines in case the U.S. Supreme Court does not block the lower court’s decision from taking effect.