Folks,
Today, North Carolina’s highest court will re-hear a case on Republicans’ proposed Congressional maps — maps that were previously thrown out when the court ruled that extreme partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional. This case could shape the future of free and fair elections in North Carolina.
You might be wondering… what’s changed since that ruling? Well, the maps did not. But North Carolina’s Supreme Court did.
After Republicans won a majority on the bench, GOP state leaders decided the court should re-hear the case. It’s clear what’s happening: Despite the fact that these gerrymandered maps should not be allowed to stand, the GOP is going to try to push them through anyway using unprecedented and unconstitutional legal theories.
This is the latest example of North Carolina Republicans abusing the redistricting process for their own political gain. Instead of drawing fair maps that reflect our state’s growth and diversity, the GOP intentionally designed legislative and congressional maps to make it easier for them to win future elections — disenfranchising millions of voters.
And now, they’re doing everything they can to justify unconstitutional maps.
I’m hopeful that our state’s Supreme Court will overturn these partisan gerrymandered maps — again — but in the meantime, I hope you’ll join me in demanding fair maps in North Carolina.
North Carolina voters should be the only people with the power to choose our representatives. I’m going to keep fighting until that’s the reality in every election — and I hope you will, too.
— Deborah
