NEWS FLASH – The Redistricting process has begun!

This is your chance to influence the process. Your comments are needed NOW!

The NC Legislature is in the process of drawing congressional districts for the next ten years NOW! 

The NC General Assembly’s Joint Senate and House Committees on Redistricting met August 5th, kicking off the drawing of new maps following the 2020 Census. Over the next several days committee members will determine the criteria they will use to draw those district maps.

NOW is the time to let the committee know how YOU think it should go.

The portal for public comment is now open at https://www.ncleg.gov/requestforcomments/38.

Timeline

You can stream these meetings from home from the General Assembly’s youtube page:  https://www.youtube.com/c/northcarolinageneralassembly 

8/9/21 3:30 PM  – Discussion of chairs’ suggested criteria for the mapping

8/10/21 8:30 AM – Public comment on criteria and any other matter of redistricting

8/12/21 TBA – Vote on criteria

8/13/21 to the end of August – Figure out and set up public hearing schedule times and places. They’ll vote on the hearing schedule by end of August.

The League of Women Voters has joined with 10 other nonpartisan good government organizations in sending a letter to the Committee specifying guidelines that must be followed this time around in order to achieve a fair and inclusive redistricting process. You’ve got to read this powerful letter with its recommendations for timelines, opportunities for public comment, and transparency throughout the process. You may want to pick up one or two ideas from the letter to use in your comments: https://southerncoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NC-Redistricting-Demands-Letter_FINAL-1.pdf

This is your chance to make an impact on the districts we’ll be living with for the next 10 years.