Dan Crawford, Director of Governmental Relations

October 25, 2023

These overwhelmingly gerrymandered maps illustrate just how far Republican lawmakers will go to keep their political power. These lawmakers have stripped North Carolinians of their constitutional right to a representative government, consolidating their own power and silencing citizens across the state. This is not how our government was designed to work. Instead of letting voters choose their representatives, Republicans have chosen their voters. This allows them to continue to represent the corporate polluters and special interests that fund them.

Behind closed doors, without any input from Democrats, community stakeholders, or most importantly, the public, Republican lawmakers split communities down to the precinct level, for no other reason than it being politically profitable to Republicans. Such brazen and downright despicable threats to our democracy clearly demonstrate the lengths they will go to in order to stay in power.

Finally, these maps are part of a long-term strategy by Republican politicians to disenfranchise Black voters. Courts have repeatedly ruled that voter ID laws, felony disenfranchisement, and racial gerrymandering discriminate against Black residents, who face the biggest threats of pollution and climate change.