Gerrymandering reform advocates cautiously optimistic, despite GOP keeping control in NC
Phillips, whose group successfully sued last year to force Republican lawmakers to redraw the maps ahead of the 2020 elections, said he hopes to keep talking with GOP leaders about ways they can improve the process and hopefully avoid yet another legal battle next year.
Nonpartisan group Common Cause holds briefing with leaders from battleground states
State leaders from battleground states of North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania explained when to expect results in their states.
US Supreme Court settles final case on NC’s absentee ballots, when they can be accepted
"The extension does not change the deadline by which voters must mail back their absentee ballot — that remains Nov. 3," Phillips said. "It simply helps make sure that voters who follow the rules and meet the Nov. 3 deadline won’t have their vote discarded due to a possible delay in mail delivery. That’s just fair."
750,000 mail-in ballots were rejected in 2016 and 2018. Here’s why that matters.
“Overwhelmingly, people are doing this for the first time. They've never done it, and so naturally there are mistakes in some people's level of getting information,” said Bob Phillips.