Fight for Fair Maps!  Keep Communities Together!

The redistricting process has been held behind closed doors allowing politicians to decide their voters by splitting up our communities, putting communities together with different concerns and needs causing a split in our voting power and creating districts and maps that do not represent us and where we live.

Call your legislator today: ncleg.gov/FindYourLegislators in support of keeping our communities together and creating a redistricting process that is fair and transparent.

Craven County, NC State Legislators

▪Representative Keith Kidwell(District 79) Email: Keith.Kidwell@ncleg.gov Phone: 919–733–5881
Mailing Address: 53 Elks Rd. Chocowinity, NC 27817

▪Representative Steve Tyson(District 3) Email: Steve.Tyson@ncleg.gov Phone:919–733–5853
Mailing Address: 300 N. Salisbury St, Rm. 632 Raleigh, NC 27603–5825

▪Senator Norman W. Sanderson (District 2) Email: Norman.Sanderson@ncleg.gov Phone: 919–733–5706
Mailing Address: 300 N.Salisbury Street, Rm. 309 Raleigh, NC 27603

Click here to access the public comment portal.

Sign the pledge today: https://bit.ly/EndGerrymanderingNC

Learn more at: http://ncfairmap.com/

In addition, the committee announced some of their upcoming meetings.

• Monday, August 9, at 3:00 PM: the joint NC House/Senate Redistricting Committee will meet to discuss the criteria they will use for this year’s redistricting.

• • Watch Meeting Online: Joint Redistricting and Elections Live Stream 8/9
  • In-Person Location: Room 544, Legislative Office Building 300 N Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27603.

• Tuesday, August 10, at 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM: the joint NC House/Senate Redistricting Committee will meet to accept in-person comments from the public regarding redistricting criteria.

• • Watch Meeting Online: Joint Redistricting and Elections Live Stream 8/10
  • In-Person Location: Room 544, Legislative Office Building 300 N Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27603.

Redistricting criteria is the set of rules and guidelines legislators will use for drawing the districts.  Examples of good redistricting criteria include prohibiting the use of political data, keeping communities of interest (cities, neighborhoods, universities) together, and not protecting incumbents.

This is the letter Common Cause NC, in coordination with a coalition of NC voting rights organizations, sent to political party leaders and chairs of the redistricting committees in the North Carolina state legislature. We are calling for a fair and transparent process that allows for meaningful public comment. You can learn more about the letter here.