Instead of giving up — even after two major defeats this month in the U.S. Supreme Court — North Carolina’s Republican leaders are working to push the battle over the ballot box into a new phase. It’s an abomination,” said Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of North Carolina’s Republican Party. “The judiciary has been our last line of defense,” said Jen Jones, director of communications for Democracy North Carolina, a voting rights group. The outcome of North Carolina’s war over voting rights could have major national ramifications. But the biggest impact of North Carolina’s escalating war over the ballot box goes deeper than the political fortunes of either side, he said.

Source: Washington Post May 29, 2017 22:02 UTC