Charlotte Observer/McClatchy: Republicans get a win in an NC gerrymandering lawsuit, with two more cases looming
Bob Phillips, the executive director of Common Cause North Carolina — which successfully sued over gerrymandering in 2019 and forced the maps to be redrawn before the 2020 elections — was in court watching the proceedings since Common Cause was a part of this lawsuit too.
He said the group hasn’t decided if they’ll also join other lawsuits but he supports them, since he doesn’t want a repeat of last decade — when the 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 elections were all held using maps that were later found to be unconstitutional.
“I think that’s dreadful,” Phillips said. “I think when you have, as we saw last decade, laws and policies passed that aren’t really reflective of who we are in North Carolina, I think it contributes to the lack of trust and confidence that people have in our elections.”