Democracy

Outrageously the current state legislature, which has been found to be illegally elected by the US Supreme Court, now wants to draw similar maps for our judicial districts. This new judicial redistricting plan is a thinly veiled attempt for Republicans to gain more power. If the courts are just as gerrymandered as the legislature Republicans could…

It’s no surprise that the new legislative maps are more of the same.  The lawyers who brought the original suit against the previous maps are asking the courts for another redraw. They argue that 12 of the redrawn districts are still illegally silencing minority voices.  It’s still unclear when the courts will rule on the…

The new maps have been drawn and submitted to the court.  It’s clear, state lawmakers are using extreme partisan gerrymandering to silence the voices of minorities in North Carolina. We no longer live in a democracy where each person has a fair and equal vote.  When representatives choose their constituents, they no don’t have to…

The Republican-led General Assembly gave citizens very little notice, very few locations, and very little space to allow the public to comment on the new proposed maps.  Nevertheless, citizens turned out all over the state by the hundreds to voice their grave concerns about these new maps.  These maps are more of the same undemocratic…

Republicans in the General Assembly have spent the past few months dragging their feet to draw new fair legislative maps. Their racially gerrymandered maps were unanimously ruled unconstitutional months ago, and they have yet to redraw the maps. After a 3-judge panel told them they have until September 1 to redraw the maps, there has…

Following the US Supreme Court ruling North Carolina’s legislative districts unconstitutional and a 3-judge panel telling the North Carolina General Assembly to redraw North Carolina’s legislative maps, the NC-GOP continues to drag their feet. They continue to fail to draw new maps, despite ample time, and it’s becoming more and more clear they have no…

Trump and the GOP have taken yet another step toward sabotaging health care for millions of Americans. The Trump administration ended the ACA contracts that assisted libraries, urban areas, and businesses in helping people sign up for health insurance. This makes it harder for the uninsured to look for and find insurance and harder for…

The legislature returns for a special session Thursday, August 3, and their main concern should be redrawing unconstitutional racially gerrymandered legislative districts. But they aren’t even planning to address the recent ruling that they have one month left to redraw these districts. Instead, their plan is to focus on overriding Gov. Cooper’s vetoes. We need…

The NCGOP racially gerrymandered North Carolina’s legislative districts and following a unanimous United States Supreme Court decision that they were unconstitutional, the NCGOP has yet to redraw the maps. This means that North Carolinians are still being represented in the General Assembly by unconstitutionally elected leaders. As a result of the NCGOP’s racial gerrymandering, legislators…