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Located near 823 S. Memorial Drive, the billboard is part of a public engagement campaign by Common Cause NC, a nonpartisan organization asking North Carolinians to make their voice heard as new voting maps are drawn.

A new billboard is encouraging the public to get involved as lawmakers draw new voting maps during the redistricting process. The non-partisan political advocacy group, Common Cause North Carolina, has displayed a new billboard in Greenville along Memorial Drive near Moye Boulevard.

A billboard greeting drivers as they enter downtown Wilson urges residents to weigh in on North Carolina’s legislative redistricting process.

Many speakers called for more transparency in the redistricting process and asked that future hearings be livestreamed online. "I am disappointed perhaps that this is not a livestreamed event," said Bob Phillips, with Common Cause North Carolina, a voter advocacy organization. "There’s a lot of people who would probably like to participate from the comfort of their home."

“The public’s voice matters in how new legislative and congressional maps are drawn in North Carolina,“ Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause NC said in a press release. ”As the COVID-19 virus ravages our state once again, it is disappointing that lawmakers are holding a series of public hearings on redistricting without an opportunity for community members to take part virtually in these meetings from the safety of their homes.”