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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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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.
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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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New Report on Voting Access Barriers in the South

DURHAM, N.C. (Aug. 6, 2024) — The Southern Leadership for Voter Engagement (SOLVE) Network is excited to announce the release of its “State of the South: Voting Rights Under Assault” report, which details the challenges millions of voters in the South will face this fall to exercise their freedom to vote.