VIDEO: If NC’s so gerrymandered, why should I vote? Here’s why.

Did you know gerrymandering in North Carolina has no impact on your votes in statewide and national races, like the governor's race and the presidential race? (Screenshot via @cardinalandpine on Instagram)

By Billy Ball

October 21, 2024

Gerrymandering in North Carolina has no effect on your votes in statewide and national races — like the governor’s election and the presidential election.

Why vote if North Carolina’s so gerrymandered?? Here’s why.

Cardinal & Pine Senior Editor Billy Ball recently explained why the state’s history of gerrymandering has no impact on your voice in the presidential election, or in statewide races like the governor’s race or the NC Supreme Court.

And even if gerrymandering will impact the state’s congressional races and local districts in the NC General Assembly, you should still vote. Gerrymandering is built on assumptions about who is usually voting. If you vote in unusual numbers, you change the math.

Early voting began Oct. 17 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 2. Here’s how to do it.

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Billy Ball

Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine's senior newsletter editor. He’s covered local, state, and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment, and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary have earned state, regional, and national awards. He's also the founder of The Living South, a journalism project about the most interesting people in the American South.

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