Chop Wood, Carry NC

Hi, Team NC.

Just got the below from a contact at the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and thought it was important to pass on.

He said:

Yesterday, North Carolina’s Republican legislators released congressional and state legislative draft maps. As we expected, they are an egregious gerrymander. In last year’s congressional elections, North Carolina sent 7 Democrats and 7 Republicans to Congress via a fair court-ordered map. However, the map the legislature proposed yesterday would drastically favor Republicans in congressional elections. The legislative maps are similarly favorable for Republicans, and would guarantee a Republican majority in both chambers. 

Our team has been engaged on the ground in North Carolina for years. Over the last several weeks, the All On The Line team has been engaging North Carolinians and training them on delivering public testimony. At the legislature’s public hearings, the public comments were overwhelmingly opposed to a Republican gerrymander and opposed to an unfair process in which maps are drawn behind closed doors. We are continuing this work to engage people in the process and encourage them to tell their legislators to pass a map that fairly reflects North Carolina and its voters. If your community is in North Carolina, please share these action tools that connect people with their legislators to demand fair maps and a fair process:

Click-to-call

Click-to-email

We expect the legislature to move quickly on these maps; we’ll continue to keep you updated on developments in the process. In the meantime, read the statement from Chairman Holder here.

Please share this with folks you know in the state. We must keep up this fight.

More soon.

Thanks,

Jess