Issue Position: Voting Rights and Gerrymandering

Issue Position

Throughout our history, people have fought and died for the right of every eligible citizen, regardless of race, gender, or status, to vote in free and fair elections. Our electoral environment must be a reflection of those courageous efforts: an expansion of voting opportunity, ease of accessibility, and inclusiveness of all voters.

Unfortunately, rather than being a shining example of voting progress, North Carolina Republicans enacted the most restrictive voting law in the country and sent our state back to an embarrassing era of restriction and discrimination. Further, they used gerrymandering to create legislative majorities that do not reflect our population and disenfranchise millions of voters. Thankfully, the courts have ruled these Republican restrictions unconstitutional.

I will fight to take us in the opposite direction. I will push for universal voter registration, expanded opportunities to vote by mail, and for a non-partisan redistricting process. This fight is not borne out of ambition or a legislative agenda. It is borne out of the belief that a healthy democracy is more important than any political party.

Source