Interested people who can’t make any of the public hearings this month — or who do, but also also want to weigh in again — can leave a written comment for lawmakers to consider, via the legislature’s website.

Lawmakers also decided to let any member of the public make an appointment to come in and draw proposed maps of their own on the redistricting computer at the General Assembly, with staff available to help navigate the software.

The hearings themselves are open to anyone who wants to attend. People who want to speak have to sign up beforehand, either online or in person. The online signup page will close four hours before each meeting, lawmakers said, and the in-person signups will begin an hour before each hearing.

The online signup form can be found on the left side of the legislative website homepage at www.ncleg.gov.