Redistricting will determine our districts as well as our elected officials and policies for years to come. Partisan political interests should have no place in shaping or planning for these lines. Yet, members of House Leadership have referenced redistricting in threat to other legislators, restricted use of the taxpayer-funded redistricting software to select Republicans only at the exclusion of Democrats and the general public, and shown a complete lack of transparency around the timeline and process for New Hampshire’s redistricting.

We call on Speaker Bill O’Brien (R-Mont Vernon), Redistricting Chair Paul Mirski (R-Grafton), Vice Chair David Bates (R-Windham) and the members of the Redistricting Committee to provide for a 30-day public comment period on any redistricting plans before they are voted on, and to allow public comments to be delivered in person or in writing, via hand delivery or electronic submission.

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