'The impact of this shocking theory could be devastating to democracy right here in Indiana,' writes Julia Vaughn, executive director of Common Cause Indiana, in this op-ed.
to widespread purges of voters from voting rolls, dramatic cuts to popular early voting and vote-by-mail options, discriminatory barriers to voting access, baseless challenges to fair election results and fewer protections against voter intimidation.Indianapolis redistricting process brings calls of hypocrisy from Republicans toward Democrats
State law and the Indiana Constitution already give the Indiana General Assembly an almost unfettered opportunity to manipulate the decennial redistricting process to favor the majority party. The only legal recourse we have is the free and equal elections clause in our constitution, which, in theory at least, could be used to seek relief from partisan gerrymandering in state court. A decision in favor of the North Carolina legislature in Moore v.
We believe that the facts and the law are on our side in this case. The U.S. Constitution does not somehow empower state courts to protect our voting rights in state and local elections while prohibiting the same oversight in federal elections. North Carolina politicians’ legal argument simply makes no sense and constitutes a grave threat to our democracy. We were proud to tell the U.S. Supreme Court why this week.
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