<p>RALEIGH, N.C. -- Legislative leaders asked a three-judge federal panel Friday to order that state House and Senate districts approved last year by the General Assembly be used in this year's elections.</p>
<p>In a motion filed by the state Attorney General's Office, House Speaker Jim Black and Senate leader Marc Basnight asked that maps drawn three weeks ago by a Johnston County judge be barred from use because they would harm minority voters.</p>