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NC voters stand outside the Wake County courthouse to demonstrate their opposition to Griffin's election protest.

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Voting and Civil Rights Groups Urge Appeals Court to Protect NC Voters

Invalidating 60,000 votes infringes on North Carolinians’ fundamental right to vote.   RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 28, 2025) — Discounting the choices of more than 60,000…

Vote by mail ballot ripped in half to symbolize N.C. Supreme Court candidate Judge Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to disenfranchise more than 60,000 voters.

Voting Rights

Voting and Civil Rights Groups Urge Court to Protect NC Voters

RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 3, 2025) — A broad coalition of nonpartisan civic engagement groups and more than two dozen North Carolina voters filed an amicus …

Louisiana Congressional District 6 highlighted on the state with voter buttons in the top right corner

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Louisiana Historians Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Allow Congressional Map with Second Majority-Black District

DURHAM, N.C. (Dec. 27, 2024) – A group of historians in Louisiana is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision to…

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NC NAACP, Impacted Voters Urge State Board to Dismiss NC Election Protests

DURHAM, N.C. (Dec. 6, 2024) — The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and two impacted voters, Bertha Leverette and Jackson Sailor Jones, urged…

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Statement from the Voting Rights Working Group: Civil Rights Organizations Stand Ready to Protect and Support Voters During the 2024 General Election Cycle

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 30, 2024) — With the 2024 general elections well underway, we are working to ensure voters can cast their ballots and that…

Military members filling out their mail-in ballots

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Military Voting Rights Groups Applaud N.C. Court’s Order Protecting Overseas Voters

The case stems from RNC’s attempt to question voting eligibility of some overseas voters. DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 30, 2024) – Two nonpartisan groups focused on…

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Civil Rights Groups, Voters Celebrate Decision in Dangerous Voter Purge Case

DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 29, 2024) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Mayer Brown, the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, as well as Sailor Jones and Bertha Leverette release the following statement on the 4th Circuit’s ruling in Republican National Committee v. North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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NC NAACP, Voters Urge Court to Prevent Last-Minute Voter Purge

DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 24, 2024) — The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and two voters are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

Voter Registration Application and welcome to south carolina collaged sign on a purple background

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Be The Ones’ Statement on Extension to S.C.’s Voter Registration Deadline

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Oct. 4, 2024) — The following is statement from Cate Mayer, founder and director of Be the Ones: “I applaud Circuit Court Judge…

Ripped Tennessee map over voter buttons and decorative lines

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Tennessee Advocates Shift Focus After Racial Gerrymandering Case Dismissal

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 26, 2024) — A large coalition of Tennessee voting and civil rights advocates announced Thursday they will not refile litigation related to the alleged racially discriminatory gerrymandering of Congressional and state legislative districts in Tennessee.

UNC Digital One Card Student ID on iPhone displayed over roll of "I Voted" stickers

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Voting Rights Advocates Support UNC Students’ Ability to Use Digital ID Cards as Voter ID in 2024 Election

RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 26, 2024) – The North Carolina Court of Appeals should reject a petition filed by the Republican National Committee and the North Carolina Republican Party that seeks to stop University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [UNC] students from using their digital Mobile One Cards as identification cards to vote in the 2024 election, according to an amicus brief filed Wednesday.

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Civil Rights Groups Challenge RNC’s, NC Republican Party’s Baseless Voter Purge Request

DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 5, 2024) — The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and an impacted North Carolina voter are requesting to intervene in a case to protect nearly a quarter of a million voters from the Republican National Committee’s and North Carolina Republican Party’s baseless attempt to force the State Board of Elections to remove them from the state’s voter rolls on the eve of the 2024 presidential election.

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