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Civil rights groups file lawsuit against youth voting restrictions 

DURHAM (Oct. 17, 2023) — Senate Bill 747 (SB 747) is an unconstitutional burden on the fundamental right to vote for young North Carolinians, according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court by Southern Coalition for Social Justice on behalf of several pro-democracy and civil rights groups.  The Plaintiffs — Democracy North Carolina, North…

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Judge rules Galveston County must redraw discriminatory 2021 map

GALVESTON, TEXAS (Oct. 13, 2023) – Today, Judge Jeffrey V. Brown of the Southern District of Texas ruled in favor of civil rights groups’ argument that the 2021 Galveston County redistricting map was drawn in a way that discriminated against the county’s Black and Latino residents, and diluted their votes. The decision found that Galveston…

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Move the Monument Coalition Edenton-Chowan

Case Summary: SCSJ and Emancipate NC are representing Move the Monument Coalition Edenton-Chowan in their fight to remove a Confederate soldier statute from the town’s historic waterfront. The Coalition took root on June 19, 2021 – Juneteenth, which commemorates the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865, nearly two and a half years after…

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