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Carteret County Redistricting News:
9/27/2021. The Carteret County Commission approved new district lines at a public meeting of the commission. FairCountiesNC requested and received a copy of the new districts before the meeting and determined that the proposed districts were well within the required standards. Local activist Ralph Hall, a member of the Carteret League of Women Voters, was given permission by the boar to make brief remarks before the half-hour meeting and commended the commission for revising the districts as required. You can find the recording at: https://boxcast.tv/channel/dfxifutfiezs9vb23cnu?b=adlwuo9m5rnbrblpn59o More information at: www.carteretcountync.gov/193/county-commissioners
9/6/2021. Carteret County Commission districts will have to be redrawn by November 17, one month before the end of candidate filing for the 2022 election. Analysis of the new Census data by Fair Counties NC shows that Carteret’s district populations are now too far out of line due to changes over the past decade. Commission district population should be about equal so voters have an equal say. That’s what “one person, one vote” requires. The accepted guideline is that no local district should be more than 5% above or below the new county population per commissioner. Redrawing is a must if the highest and lowest deviation total more than 10%. Carteret’s districts are off by 41.3%! Carteret County commissioners draw their own maps, just like legislators do, but voters deserve a say in how those districts are drawn. Ask your commissioners what the redrawing schedule will be, when draft maps will be available for public comment, and how you and your neighbors can make your voices heard. Tell them voters want a fair and open county redistricting process. Don’t let districts drawn behind closed doors silence your voice on the vital decisions your commissioners make for Carteret County.
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View Carteret county district population statistics and more at davesredistricting.org — Carteret County.
Carteret County will redraw county commissioner district boundaries in 2021. County residents can demand an open redistricting process and districts that fairly represent communities in the county. Below is the current county districts boundaries map, basic demographic information, and how county residents can participate in ensuring a fair redistricting process in the county.
- Carteret County Website
- Board of Commissioners Website
- County Board of Elections Website
- Commissioners’ Meetings Live Streams
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Carteret County Events:
The Carteret County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) holds meetings open to the public, on the 3rd Monday of the month at 6 PM in the Commissioners’ Boardroom
Administration Building, Second Floor. See BOCC web page for location details, calendars, agendas, meeting minutes. Check the BOCC website before attending a meeting — to confirm meeting details.
Volunteer
Carteret will redraw its six districts sometime this Fall after the 2020 Census data are received. Volunteer to help get the word out to your fellow Carteret residents, help organize briefings on the process, and encourage your commissioners to provide ample opportunities for residents to be part of the process.
Adjusting district boundaries will probably be needed to ensure that each district has an approximately equal population (except District 3, which has two commissioners and therefore should have twice as many residents as the other five districts, based on “one-person-one-vote”).
Carteret residents have the right to be part of these important decisions, which will shape how they and their communities are represented for the next 10 years. Communities with shared interests–economic, historic, environmental, etc.–should be kept together to ensure their community is kept together and has a strong voice on the commission.
You can participate in achieving Fair Redistricting in Carteret County.
When volunteers form a fair county redistricting team then progress made during the year will be reported here.
Carteret County Board of Commissioners Structure
Commissioners serve 4-year staggered terms. Your county commission makes many decisions that affect you, including providing funds for schools, public health, and many local services, writing regulations, approving projects, and setting tax rates.
The Carteret County Board of Commissioners has 7 members elected from 6 districts:
– 2 members are elected from District 3 (Morehead City)
– 1 member is elected from each of the other 5 districts (1, 2, 4, 5, and 6)
– all members serve 4-year staggered terms
Each commissioner must reside in his/her district. Candidates for commission seats must live in the district they are running from and only district voters vote in the primary to “nominate” candidates for these seats. Then, in the general election, all county voters vote to elect commissioners to all open district seats. (Orange County is the only other county that uses this system.)
Demographics for the county, downloaded from census.gov/quickfacts and data.census.gov/cedsci/profile.