Community Meetings

Please attend one of the public hearings  listed below that are being held and let your voice be heard that Southeastern North Carolina needs to stay in one congressional district! Please also see the guidelines for signing up to speak at the meetings.

Meeting Times and Locations

Brunswick County:

  • Thursday May5 at 7:00 p.m.
  • Brunswick Community College

Cumberland County:

  • Thursday April 21 at 7:00 p.m.
  • Fayetteville Tech. Community College

New Hanover County:

  • Thursday May5 at 7:00 p.m.
  • Cape Fear Community College

Pender County:

  • Thursday May5 at 7:00 p.m.
  • Site to be determined

Robeson County:

  • Thursday April 21 at 7:00 p.m.
  • UNC Pembroke

Public Hearing Guidelines

Redistricting Committees of the 2011 General Assembly

  1. Speakers need to sign up on the “Speaker Sheet” in order to speak.
  2. Speakers will have up to 5 minutes for presentation to the Committee
  3. Registration for speaking will begin: At the hearing site: 1 hour prior to the convening of the hearing, and will close prior to the beginning of the hearing. On-line: 5 days in advance of the hearing, up to 24 speakers, and will close 24 hours in advance of the hearing.
  4. Speakers will be called according to the order of registration.
  5. If a speaker is not present when called, the speaker will be skipped at that time. Time permitting at the end of all registered speakers, those skipped will be allowed to speak.
  6. The presiding chair, at the chair’s discretion, may change these guidelines.

For those unable to attend a public hearing, written comments may be submitted for inclusion in the record. To submit public comment, please:

  • Visit the General Assembly web page at http://www.ncleg.net/redistricting or;
  • Mail written comments to: Redistricting, Attention Erika Churchill, 300 N. Salisbury St., Suite 545, Raleigh, NC 27603-5925