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Chubby Checker coming to Wilmington for Common Cause
The legendary pop singer Chubby Checker is best-known for his 1959 smash “The Twist,” which helped popularize the dance of the same name. So it feels somehow appropriate that when Checker plays the Blockade Runner in Wrightsville Beach on Jan. 31, it will be to benefit a group fighting gerrymandering, the practice of “twisting” voting districts into extreme shapes in order to benefit the party in power.
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NC lawmakers ordered to pay $100,000 after gerrymandering court loss
The state of North Carolina must pay over $102,000 to the winning side in a recent legislative redistricting case and the outside expert who helped analyze redrawn district lines, state judges have ruled.
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Common Cause NC statement on appeals court ruling in Common Cause v. Forest
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TWISTING CHANGE: Chubby Checker joins other stars for a fundraiser against gerrymandering
Chubby Checker—yes the Chubby Checker of “The Twist” fame—is coming to perform at Blockade Runner in Wrightsville Beach. It’s a fundraiser for Common Cause North Carolina’s campaign to end gerrymandering.
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N.C. Congressional and legislative maps are set for 2020 elections
“Redistricting really is still going to be a flawed process until we can take the mapmaking out of the hands of lawmakers,” said Bob Phillips of Common Cause NC.
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Alyssa Canty named one of YES! Weekly’s People of 2019
“It is definitely exciting because I think it really does show how people are invested in civic engagement work and helping other young people vote,” she said in response to being chosen as one of YES! Weekly’s People of 2019.
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Bob Phillips, Tar Heel of the Year finalist, is a voice for open elections and reform
For Phillips’ work in bringing about that change, as well as spending the past two decades pushing for government reforms even as both political parties have pushed back, Phillips was a finalist for The News & Observer’s 2019 Tar Heel of the Year.
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New congressional maps in North Carolina will stand for 2020, court rules
The new congressional maps passed by state lawmakers last month can stand for the 2020 election, a three-judge panel ruled.
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Rural NC is shrinking. It will affect political redistricting after the 2020 election
Gerrymandering has been one of the biggest political stories of the year in North Carolina as lawsuits forced the Republican-led legislature to draw new maps for the districts used to elect members of Congress and the N.C. General Assembly.
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13 tapped for prizes to boost local democracy reform campaigns
Common Cause North Carolina was among the grant recipients, which will support the group's work to pass a bill to establish an independent redistricting commission.
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Our view: A new map is not enough
Residents who want to work for fair elections may resolve, in 2020, to support good-government groups like Common Cause N.C., with donations and volunteer efforts. We shouldn’t have to become activists to ensure fair elections, but with legislators who keep seeking unfair advantages, it may be the only way.
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A historic year of progress in the fight to end gerrymandering in NC