We deserve free and fair elections. That will only happen with nonpartisan legislative maps.
John,
Redistricting starts NOW.
North Carolina’s redistricting committees have begun meeting to start the process of drawing new legislative maps. We need them to know from day one that we demand a fair, transparent, and nonpartisan process — unlike last time.
Although the committees held a series of public hearings before they began drawing maps, there isn’t yet a plan to hold a similar series after the maps are released. We think this is unacceptable.
This can’t be a repeat of last time. Back in 2019, our old legislative maps got thrown out in court for their blatant partisan gerrymandering that gave some voters more of a say in our elections than others.
John, we can bet that Republicans in the legislature will take every opportunity to conduct this redistricting process without meaningful public input — that’s the only way they’ll be able to gerrymander the maps in their favor yet again.