RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina state Senate has agreed to a new map of nearly half of its electoral districts to comply with a state court order that declared current boundaries partisan gerrymanders. 

The Senate voted 38-9 on Monday night in favor of the new district lines, which were fashioned in committee last week.

The public weighed in on the whirlwind redistricting process Monday.

New state house and senate maps were drawn by court order, after the current ones were ruled unconstitutional.

There is just about two days until the new legislative maps need to be back in the hands of the court.

The court, of course, is sending these maps back because of partisan gerrymandering.

As part of the mandate from the court, the new maps being drawn had to be done in public.

For the past week, there have been live feeds out of the room over the Internet, so that anyone can see what is happening.

There are strict rules set out by the court on how these maps can be drawn or adjusted. For example, partisan makeup of the district is not allowed to be considered.

The plan now goes to the House, which already approved a replacement map of dozens of that chamber's districts.

The maps will be enacted once each is approved by both chambers. A three-judge panel has ordered legislators to approve them by Wednesday, after which the judges will review the work.

The Senate proposal reworks districts in seven counties or multi-county groupings, including those in and around Raleigh and Charlotte. Monday's Senate vote for approval was bipartisan, even as some Democrats complained about the process.

Spectrum News contributed to this story.