Editing Common Cause (section)

===Voting and elections===

==== Redistricting ====
The organization has sought to end the practice of [[gerrymandering]] in several states.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commoncause.org/issues/voting-and-elections/redistricting/|title=Redistricting|publisher=Common Cause|access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> In 2016, it filed a lawsuit in North Carolina challenging the constitutionality of district maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-lawsuit-too-much-party-bias-in-north-carolina-2016aug05-story.html|title=Lawsuit: Too much party bias in North Carolina Congress map|first=Gary D. |last=Robertson |agency=Associated Press|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=5 August 2016|access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> The organization's North Carolina chapter has led a campaign to create a nonpartisan redistricting process, which has bipartisan support in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article10873580.html|title=NC House members file redistricting bill to ban 'irregularly shaped' boundaries|work=News Observer|access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> Common Cause is also challenging redistricting in Democratic-controlled states, such as Maryland.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Savage|first1=David|title=Is it constitutional to draw a congressional district that only one party can win?|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-scotus-gerrymander-maryland-20160815-story.html|access-date=3 February 2017|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref>

==== Voting machines ====
Common Cause advocates a [[voter-verified paper audit trail]] for election machines in all states. The organization has documented complaints about [[Voting machine|electronic voting machines]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Plumer|first1=Brad|title=A quarter of Americans will vote by electronic machine. Is that a problem?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/11/06/thirty-percent-of-americans-will-vote-by-electronic-machine-is-that-a-problem/|access-date=7 December 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 6, 2012}}</ref>

==== National popular vote ====
Common Cause is in favor of establishing a national [[Direct election|popular vote]] for presidential elections to replace the current [[United States electoral college|electoral college]] system.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Richie|first1=Rob|title=National Popular Vote: A Win for Our Democracy in Massachusetts|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-richie/national-popular-vote-a-w_b_672594.html|access-date=7 December 2015|work=HuffPost|date=August 5, 2010}}</ref> Following the November 2016 U.S. presidential election, Common Cause called for the [[National Popular Vote Interstate Compact|National Popular Vote Compact]] to counteract what it called the "anti-democratic" outcome in that election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.commoncause.org/take-action/act/fix-the-broken-electoral-college-national-popular-vote.html|title=Fix the broken Electoral College - It's time for National Popular Vote|website=Common Cause|access-date=2017-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308045100/http://www.commoncause.org/take-action/act/fix-the-broken-electoral-college-national-popular-vote.html|archive-date=2017-03-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Voter identification ====
Common Cause is partner organization of [[VoteRiders]].<ref>[https://www.voteriders.org/partners/ VoteRiders Partner Organizations]</ref>