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Aylett Colston Profile picture
Aylett Colston
@EveryVoiceNC
North Carolinian. Attorney. Advocate for fair elections & the rule of law. Davidson College. W&L Law. I occasionally tweet about North Carolina animals.
Oct 26, 2021 • 30 tweets • 9 min read
#NCGA #Redistricting committee public comment happening now.

1st speaker addresses need to ensure Black and minority voters have opportunity to elect representatives of choice She directly addresses lawmakers false assertions about the case overturning #NCGA districts for racial gerrymandering “Covington”
Oct 26, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
A draft map of NC House districts has been uploaded.

My understanding is that today is the only day that the #NCGA will be accepting public comments on this map.

ncleg.gov/Committees/Com…\Member%20Submitted%20Maps\HBK-11%20House%20Plan #NCLeg #NCPol I don't know when that map was uploaded - wasn't there a few days ago. How are regular people supposed to able to stay up with all this in time to meaningfully participate in the process?
Oct 26, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Every 10 years, after the census, voting districts are redrawn as part of reapportionment & the process is called #redistricting.

#Gerrymandering is intentionally drawing voting districts to create an advantage for a political party or group, and disadvantage another. Each state draws its own congressional voting district lines. North Carolina draws its State Senate and State House districts at the same time.

In NC, the state legislature draws the voting district maps & the governor cannot veto them.
Oct 25, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
.@CommonCauseNC has analysis of North Carolina proposed draft voting district maps, including maps showing NC’s Black population.

With NC's history of racial #gerrymandering, looking at #redistricting as an equity issue is vital.

#NCPol
commoncause.org/north-carolina… Here is the CMT-9 Draft NC Congressional Map, showing the % Black voting age population:

commoncause.org/north-carolina…
Oct 24, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
It is disappointing that @AP news uncritically repeated demonstrably false claims by some NC lawmakers that Federal Courts have held that there is no racially polarized voting in North Carolina.

A lie is a lie, y'all.
southerncoalition.org/resources/scsj… Image NCGOP lawmakers tried this mischaracterization before, and Federal judges explicitly told them they were wrong.

Oct 24, 2021 • 10 tweets • 10 min read
The @princetongerry uses mathematical tests to rigorously diagnose unequal opportunity in voting district maps.

See what they have to say about NC #redistricting draft maps ↓
gerrymander.princeton.edu/reforms/NC
#NCGA #NCPol Image @princetongerry Report on North Carolina 2021 CST-6 Draft Congressional Map (submitted by @jay_chaudhuri)

gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-… Image
Aug 28, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
We're uniting virtually to join the #VotingRightsMarch on the 58th anniversary of the historic March on Washington.

As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “our most urgent request to the president of the United States and every member of Congress is to give us the right to vote.” The march is part of a nationwide demonstration to demand that lawmakers take action to protect #VotingRights.

| March On for Voting Rights marchonforvotingrights.org
Aug 27, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Ok y'all, real talk:

I keep seeing messaging from organizations saying or implying that asking someone if they've been vaccinated for #COVID is somehow rude or bad manners.

🧵 1/ I am a Southern lady of a Certain Age, so I feel like it is my prerogative to share some thoughts with you on this.

I am also a graduate of "White Gloves and Party Manners" and the daughter of a Virginia debutant.

2/
Aug 27, 2021 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
The U.S. Supreme Court has effectively ended the CDC's pandemic residential eviction moratorium.

If you are in North Carolina & need rental assistance see:

rebuild.nc.gov/hope-program "The U.S. Supreme Court ended the pandemic-related federal moratorium on residential evictions imposed by President Joe Biden's administration in a challenge to the policy brought by a coalition of landlords and real estate trade groups."

reuters.com/world/us/us-su…
Aug 26, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Sigh.

If you are reporting on the reactionary "war on Critical Race Theory", please note that it's well documented that these efforts are intentionally inflammatory propaganda.

#NCPol
Jul 28, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Phil Berger, one of the most powerful politicians in North Carolina, said the CDC’s guidance on wearing masks is like its caution against eating raw cookie dough: “guidance to ignore.”

#NCPol #COVID Any agency, entity, or department that relies on state funds in North Carolina may be afraid to contradict Phil Berger (in word or deed) because he controls the North Carolina Senate.
Jul 28, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
July 29 will mark 100 days of peaceful protest in #ElizabethCity NC since #AndrewBrown, Jr. was killed when by Pasquotank County deputies shot him in the back of the head.

#BlackLivesMatter 1/ 🧵 The Elizabeth City community has continued to demand justice for #AndrewBrownJr, a father of seven. The local NC District Attorney, R. Andrew Womble, refused to prosecute the officers who fatally shot Brown.
Jul 27, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
As school boards across NC are deciding on face mask policies, the CDC has recommended universal indoor masking for adults and children at all schools.

The American Academy of Pediatrics also recommends universal masking in schools. #NCEd "AAP recommends universal masking because a significant portion of the student population is not yet eligible for vaccines, and masking is proven to reduce transmission of the virus and to protect those who are not vaccinated."

services.aap.org/en/news-room/n…
Jun 5, 2021 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Mark Meadows' manufactured machinations to maintain might may be his most recent malfeasance, but there's more.

🧵 A manifest of Mark Meadows' misdeeds:

1/nytimes.com/2021/06/05/us/… Mark Meadows & the gerrymandered map:

Jun 3, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Foundation which awards multi-million dollar grants reminds #UNC it seeks "integrity, honesty, and sound judgement of those with whom we work" and asks for assurances that Nikole Hannah-Jones “is being treated fairly and equitably in decisions regarding her appointment."

1/ The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has given over $131 million in grants to UNC since 1972. In the last two years alone, the foundation has given UNC more than $9 million.

2/
pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/06/03/maj…
Jun 3, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Multiple North Carolina city elections may be delayed until 2022 because delayed census results don’t leave enough time to adjust city council & other municipal voting districts to reflect population changes.

1/ #NCPol Voting districts for state, county, and city elections are redrawn using census results to ensure that voting districts are roughly equal in population.

Congressional districts will also be redrawn as part of reapportionment & adjusting for population changes.

2/
Jun 2, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
ALEC taught GOP lawmakers to make "deals" with Black legislators on elections bills as a tactic.

In NC's voter ID trial, GOP said, in their defense, that a handful of Black legislators had voted for bill.

1/
 newsobserver.com/news/politics-… #NCPol "Republican lawmakers said, in their defense, that a handful of Black Democrats in the legislature supported voter ID in 2018. One was even among the bill’s primary sponsors."

2/ Full story by @will_doran:
newsobserver.com/article2511609…