Voting Rights

Voting Rights

Judge Allows Discriminatory Law Largely Impacting Youth Voters  

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (March 26, 2026) — Despite clear evidence of harm to young voters, a federal judge declined to block North Carolina’s Senate Bill 747 (SB…

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Statewide Advocates Protect Voters Who Turn Out in Historic Numbers for 2026 Primary

NORTH CAROLINA (March 4, 2026) — In the face of escalating threats to voting rights across the U.S., North Carolina voters showed up in historic…

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SCSJ, Partners Warn NC Voter Rules Could Target Eligible Citizens

(Jan. 27, 2026) — The North Carolina State Board of Elections has proposed several rules establishing a challenge process for voters deemed “presumptive non-citizens,” and…

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Federal Judges Allow Latest Congressional Map to Stand Despite Harms to Black Voters

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Nov. 26, 2025) — A panel of federal judges will not block the North Carolina General Assembly’s latest congressional map, which changes Congressional…

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Southern Voting Groups Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections This Fall 

DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 28, 2025) — General elections will be held across the South in late October and early November, with voters deciding who will…

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Voters, Pro-Democracy Groups Seek to Stop Retaliatory Redistricting Targeting NC Black Belt 

DURHAM, N.C. (Oct. 28, 2025) — Individual voters and two pro-democracy groups are challenging the North Carolina General Assembly’s latest congressional map — the fifth…

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NC Voters, Civil Rights Groups Warn DOJ Settlement Will Burden Eligible Voters

WILMINGTON, N.C. (Sept. 9, 2025) — A deal between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to…

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Louisiana Historians Argue Need for Voting Rights Act Protections in U.S. Supreme Court Brief 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 4, 2025) – A group of Louisiana historians has filed an amicus brief this week with the U.S. Supreme Court urging reversal…

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SOLVE Coalition Calls to Strengthen and Protect our Multiracial Democracy on VRA’s 60th Anniversary

The following is a statement from the SOLVE Network, a coalition of 300 grassroots groups dedicated to voting access, on the 60th anniversary of the…

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Civil Rights Attorneys Warn of Ongoing Threats to Voting Rights on 60th Anniversary of VRA

Panel calls for urgent federal and state action to protect access to the ballot and defend against voter suppression. WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 30, 2025) —…

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Louisburg Leaders, Residents to Hold Press Conference on General Assembly’s Lack of Transparency Around HB 183 

RALEIGH, N.C. (July 28, 2025) — Elected officials and concerned residents from the town of Louisburg will hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday…

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Civil Rights Groups Headed to Trial Over Senate Bill 747 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (July 25, 2025) — A federal judge has denied lawmakers’ requests to prevent trial in a lawsuit filed by civil rights groups asserting…