Democracy is about trust in the system, and with The Supreme Court’s recent decision to punt on a fix for North Carolina’s partisan gerrymandering problem, that trust is gone. Our state’s voters know that democracy is under attack by politicians who seek to erode our political power to keep their jobs.

This is precisely why we need laws that would make it easier for voters to cast a ballot and harder for lawmakers to gerrymander and bolster election security and government ethics. We have that in either Congress’ H.R.1, also known as the “For The People” Act or state laws that would have the same impact.

H.R.1 is also joined in 2019 by dozens of state-level bills in the N.C. General Assembly under consideration that would similarly expand the franchise by modernizing voter registration, expanding voting access, and make redistricting a citizen-led process.

The “For The People” Act in Congress and this new “For the People” agenda in North Carolina do what the Supreme Court could not: bring trust back to politics. North Carolinians can learn more at demnc.co/forthepeople.

— Tyler Walker

Winston-Salem