[Durham INC] Fwd: Redistricting Maps and Public Hearings

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> Please see the e-mail below regarding Redistricting Maps and Public Hearings.  Note that the location for the Public Hearing in our area will be the Museum of History in Raleigh.

Melissa 

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> As you know the State House and State Senate Redistricting Committee Chairs released maps last Friday for Voting Rights Act districts along with four other districts.    Public hearings will be held this Thursday on the maps released last Friday.    For complete information on the hearings and maps  visit http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/sessions/2011/publichearings/redistricting.html
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> It is important we have as many people as possible attend these hearings and provide public testimony.   Republicans in the General Assembly have chosen to release the Voting Rights Act districts first and will release additional maps on July 1 followed by public hearings on the full maps. 
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> It is impossible to know at this time what the complete set of proposed maps will look like which makes it more difficult to provide reasonable testimony---it’s still important we show up and provide broad comments about the maps we have seen thus far.   Please keep while we are finally
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> seeing proposed maps there are still many steps in the redistricting process in front of us.
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> I have attached some brief generic talking points that may be useful in preparing public comment for Thursday’s hearings.
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> Here are links to additional articles that you may find helpful or of interest:
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> http://fayobserver.com/articles/2011/06/19/1102694
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> http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/jun/18/wsmain01-local-senator-would-lose-seat-in-redistri-ar-1132044/
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> Public hearings will be held simultaneously across the state on Thursday, June 2  from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m.  The hearings will be held at the following locations.
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> NC Museum of History
> 5 East Edenton Street
> Raleigh, NC 27601-1011
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> Guilford Technical Community College
> Learning Resource Center (Library)
> Jamestown Campus
> Room 325
> 601 High Point Road
> Jamestown, NC 27282  
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> UNC-Charlotte
> J. Murrey Atkins Library
> Room 143
> 9201 University City Blvd.
> Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
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> Roanoke-Chowan Community College
> Jernigan Building
> Room 126
> 109 Community College Road
> Ahoskie, NC 27910
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>  East Carolina University
> Brody Medical Sciences Building
> Division of Health Sciences
> Room #2E-92
> 600 Moye Blvd
> Greenville, NC 27834 
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> Fayetteville Technical Community College
> 142 Health Technologies Center
> 2201 Hull Road
> Fayetteville, NC 28303
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>  UNC-Wilmington
> Education Building
> Room 266
> 601 S. College Road
> Wilmington NC 28403
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> www.ncdp.org
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