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"This guy was part of a goal to cast doubt on the integrity of the election in North Carolina. Create chaos," Phillips said.

Vashti Hinton-Smith with Common Cause NC speaks to The Daily Show about the fight against voter suppression in North Carolina.

“As we’ve seen recently in states such as Georgia and Wisconsin, we face unprecedented challenges in holding elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Bob Phillips, executive director of the government watchdog group Common Cause North Carolina, after Cooper signed the bill into law.

“This bill is a positive step toward ensuring every eligible North Carolina voter is able to safely and securely cast a ballot in this year’s elections,” said Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina and a veteran of voting battles.

The bill still needs improvement, but as Bob Phillips of the good government group Common Cause observed, it is “a positive step toward ensuring every eligible North Carolina voter is able to safely and securely cast a ballot in this year’s elections.”

This short session of the North Carolina General Assembly could get off to no better start than by approving House Bill 1169 “Elections 2020.” This legislation, the result of an all-too-unique collaboration of Republicans and Democrats, will go a long way toward assuring as many registered voters as possible will be able to cast ballots in the November election.