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In a joint letter to legislative leaders, dozens of organizations and faith communities asked lawmakers to refrain from introducing new Congressional maps \u201cthat would further distort North Carolina\u2019s federal voting maps and erode any North Carolinian\u2019s power to elect candidates of their choice\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\r\nRALEIGH, NC \u2014 North Carolina Republicans this week are attempting to further gerrymander and dismantle Congressional District 1 (CD1) in the historic Black Belt region of northeastern North Carolina, severely undermining the voting power of residents there.\r\n\r\nCommon Cause North Carolina joined more than 70 North Carolina-based groups to deliver a joint letter to legislative leaders opposing the legislature\u2019s newest discriminatory gerrymandering scheme.\r\n\r\nAs NC Senate leaders prepared to take up the proposed map in committee hearings on Monday morning, the letter was sent to Senate Pro Tempore Phil Berger and House Speaker Destin Hall, along with Senate Redistricting and Elections Committee co-chairs Sen. Warren Daniel, Sen. Ralph Hise, and Sen. Brad Overcash, as well as House Redistricting Committee co-chairs Rep. Hugh Blackwell and Rep. Brenden Jones.\r\n\r\nThe maps were released to the public on October 16.\r\n\r\nThe following letter was delivered to legislative leaders on Monday, October 20, at 9:00 a.m.:\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nMonday, October 20, 2025\r\n\r\nTO:\r\nSenate Pro Tempore Phil Berger\r\nHouse Speaker Destin Hall\r\nSenator Warren Daniel, Co-Chair, Redistricting and Elections Committee\r\nSenator Ralph Hise, Co-Chair, Redistricting and Elections Committee\r\nSenator Brad Overcash, Co-Chair, Redistricting and Elections Committee\r\nRep. Hugh Blackwell, Co-Chair, Redistricting Committee\r\nRep. Brenden Jones, Co-Chair, Redistricting Committee\r\n16 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601\r\n\r\nDear North Carolina Legislative Leadership:\r\n\r\nAs groups that support fair voting maps and represent North Carolinians who reside in voting districts across the state, we ask that you refrain from introducing any mid-decade congressional redistricting in 2025 that would further distort North Carolina\u2019s federal voting maps and erode any North Carolinian\u2019s power to elect candidates of their choice.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe undersigned include members and supporters that understand the dangers of state-sanctioned gerrymandering of any kind. We represent North Carolinians in all regions and congressional districts of the state, including residents of the 1st Congressional District and constituents of the counties you serve; they align with all recognized North Carolina political parties in the state or none, including Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated voters; and many have lived in the state long enough to have been gerrymandered by race and party for some or all of their lives, albeit in increasingly sophisticated gerrymanders passed with minimal public input.\r\n\r\nThe people of our state are therefore accustomed to legislative leaders gerrymandering their districts. They are also tired of it.\r\n\r\nA recent September 2025 poll<\/a> by conservative pollster Opinion Diagnostics found broad agreement on the importance of fairness and transparency, strong support for independent mapmaking, and growing opposition to all forms of gerrymandering. In fact, 76% of North Carolina voters say it should be illegal<\/em> for gerrymandering to be used to discriminate against voters based on their political party. There is also strong, bipartisan agreement on this point among voters, with 66% of Republicans, 79% of Democrats, and 82% of Unaffiliated voters saying the type of partisan gerrymandering being considered by Senate leadership should be against the law.\r\n\r\nWhile we elect state and federal lawmakers under a partisan banner, we must carefully guard the People\u2019s confidence that, once elected, you will represent all North Carolinians and protect their votes equally. Any decision to further rig congressional or other voting maps for partisan gain, including to target any class or group of voters in order to achieve a perceived partisan gain, in this case just days before candidate filing begins and a few months before voters will cast their ballots in those races, flies in the face of that basic principle and the basic integrity that guides our state motto: \u201cEsse Quam Videri.\u201d\r\n\r\nJust because you can<\/em> redraw North Carolinians\u2019 voting maps and thereby manipulate the upcoming 2026 elections, doesn\u2019t mean you should<\/em>.\r\n\r\nFor the sake of our members and supporters, our maps, our votes, and our collective democracy, we hope you consider our urging as sincerely as we offer it.\r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\n\r\nA Better Chance A Better Community (ABC2)\r\nACLU of North Carolina\r\nAfrican American Caucus of RCDP\r\nATU Local 128\r\nBlack Voters Matter Fund\r\nCare in Action\r\nCasa Azul de Wilson\r\nCharlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice\r\nCommon Cause North Carolina\r\nCumberland County Retired School Personnel\r\nDemocracy North Carolina\r\nEl Pueblo, Inc.\r\nEmancipate NC\r\nEthical Humanist Society of Asheville, Board of Directors\r\nFayetteville Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc\r\nFayetteville Freedom For All\r\nFayetteville Friends Meeting\r\nFor the Struggle, Inc.\r\nForward Justice Action Network\r\nFuture Endeavors Life Program\r\nGood Trouble WNC\r\nIndivisible Asheville\/WNC\r\nIndivisible Lincoln County NC\r\nLa Fuerza NC\r\nLeague of Women Voters of North Carolina\r\nLikeminded Alliance\r\nNAACP North Carolina State Conference\r\nNAACP Charlotte-Mecklenburg Branch\r\nNAACP Currituck County Branch\r\nNAACP Fayetteville Branch\r\nNAACP Goldsboro Wayne Branch\r\nNAACP Northampton County Branch\r\nNAACP Onslow County Branch\r\nNAACP Pasquotank County Branch\r\nNAACP Transylvania Branch\r\nNAACP Wilson Branch\r\nNariah\u2019s Way Foundation\r\nNorth Carolina Asian Americans Together\r\nNorth Carolina Black Alliance\r\nNorth Carolina Council of Churches\r\nNC Counts Coalition\r\nNC For The People Action\r\nNC League of Conservation Voters\r\nNorth Carolina Union of the Homeless\r\nOrganizing Against Racism Cumberland County\r\nPathway Preschool Center\r\nThe People's Place AVL\r\nPiedmont Raging Grannies\r\nPiedmont UU Church\r\nPlanned Parenthood South Atlantic\r\nPoder NC\r\nPro-Choice North Carolina\r\nProgressive Democrats Of Buncombe County\r\nRebuilding Broken Places CDC\r\nRed Wine and Blue\r\nSalisbury Indivisible\r\nShiu Cheong, LLC\r\nSierra Club\r\nSouthern Coalition for Social Justice\r\nSocial Justice Ministry of UUCWNC\r\nSojourn Project II\r\nSunrise Movement WNC\r\nTFBU Foundation\r\nThird Act North Carolina\r\nTriadRising\r\nTriad NCPPC\r\nUnifour One\r\nUnion of Concerned Scientists\r\nUnitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of North Carolina\r\nWomen for Community Justice, Rowan County\r\nWestern Circle of NC Poor People\u2019s Campaign\r\nWestern North Carolina Central Labor Council\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nBob Phillips, Executive Director of the nonpartisan voting rights group Common Cause North Carolina<\/strong>, which signed on to the letter, praised the groups\u2019 participation in this joint statement opposing new gerrymanders.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe thank these fair-minded groups from every corner of the state for their willingness to be vocal opponents of this latest gerrymandering scheme and ask legislative leadership to refrain from further distorting our districts,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cLike Northeastern North Carolina residents targeted by this latest gerrymander in CD1, all people of North Carolina deserve Congressional districts that reflect their communities and respect their right to have a voice in choosing their representation. What Republican legislative leaders are attempting with their latest discriminatory gerrymander makes already extreme maps even worse. Today we are all CD1.\u201d\r\n\r\nNorth Carolinians can speak out against the legislature\u2019s discriminatory gerrymander at ccnc.me\/cd1<\/strong><\/a>.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nCommon Cause NC is a nonpartisan grassroots organization dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. 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