Common Cause Indiana and two branches of the NAACP filed a federal lawsuit against the board last summer.

One advocacy group says redistricting reform is key to increasing voter turnout, because gerrymandering results in too many landslide victories.

Common Cause Indiana says the lack of early voting access has become a constitutional issue, and that it violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Citizens Action Coalition, Common Cause Indiana and the Washington D.C.-based Energy and Policy Institute filed a lawsuit in May under the Access to Public Records Act, or APRA, after the House GOP caucus denied them access to emails between Bedford Rep. Eric Koch and several utility companies.