Tell your reps to vote no on HB 1300

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Dear [Your Elected Official],

I urge you to be vocal in your opposition to HB 1300, establishing new United States house of representative districts. This bill drags our state into the partisan redistricting battles happening across the country and threatens the fair representation Granite Staters deserve. 
The proposal creates a much bigger population gap of 53 people, whereas the current court drawn map has a difference of just one person between districts. It also groups the state's three largest cities into the same district, giving far less influence to voters in the northern part of the state. On top of this, the new map is designed to make one district reliably Democratic and the other reliably Republican. This gives representatives less reason to listen to voters. 
Governor Ayotte has already made clear she is reluctant to reopen redistricting in the middle of the decade, noting that constituents are asking her to focus on more urgent priorities. When asked if she could change her mind, she said she would not. Knowing this, it makes little sense to devote legislative time and energy to a proposal that's both uneccessary and unlikely to be signed into law.
I urge you to spend this upcoming session advancing policies that will improve Granite Staters lives—not changing the rules in the middle of the game.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your City & State]

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Summary

HB 1300, sponsored by Rep. Ankarberg and Sen. Innis, seeks to follow the lead of other states by redrawing NH's congressional districts in the middle of the decade. Because the current map was put in place by the NH Supreme Court after the legislature and governor were unable to agree on a new one in 2022, legal experts agree there is likely a legal pathway to redraw it now. Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right. If passed, this would set a troubling precedent that politicians can choose their voters just ahead of important elections—when it should always be the other way around.  That's not to mention the significantly increased population imbalance: while the primary role of redistricting is to ensure districts reflect population changes over the past decade, the proposal would raise the population difference to 53 people. The current court drawn "least change" map has a difference of just 1 person. The new proposal also puts the state's three largest cities into one district and turns two competitive districts into one slightly more Democratic and one slightly more Republican.

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