This meeting will be held on December 13.

Many states that have successfully reformed redistricting have done so through citizens' initiatives. Citizens' initiatives may be used to amend the constitution, repeal or amend an existing law, or adopt (or require the legislature to adopt) an entirely new law. This mechanism involves collecting signatures to put a proposed reform on the ballot without going through the legislature. It is currently not an option in North Carolina. On May 4, ODC held a meeting, Do We Need the Power of Citizen's Initiatives, with guest speaker Dr. Asher Hildebrand, Associate Professor of the Practice, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University. You can access a YouTube video of the May 4 meeting along with a report, Investigating Citizen Initiative Process for North Carolina Voters, prepared for ODC by a team of Sanford graduate students that are located on our Learning Center webpage.

At this Nov. 22nd HHT meeting, we will discuss how LWVNC should move forward with citizen initiatives for NC, including the option to make this part of our program by concurring with another state League's policy on citizen initiatives and whether we should conduct a statewide study of this issue to prepare for advocating for this reform in NC. Check back for more idetails on this topic and meeting location closer to this meeting date.