Category: Combatting Voter Suppression

North carolina state flag, two people casting their ballot

Voting Rights

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…

Voting Rights

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…

Voting Rights

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) —…

Young college student voting collaged on top of the court order

Voting Rights

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…

Voting Rights

Voters, Civil Rights Groups Seek to Intervene in NC Voting Case Brought by DOJ

NEW BERN, N.C. (June 17, 2025) — A group of North Carolinians, along with a coalition of nonpartisan voting and civil rights organizations, are seeking…

Judge Jefferson Griffin in front of the the NC Supreme Court

Voting Rights

Statement on Judge Jefferson Griffin Conceding NC Supreme Court Race

RALEIGH, N.C (May 7, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and Forward Justice have issued the following statement about Judge Jefferson Griffin’s concession…

Excerpt from Griffin Election Challenge appeal decision letter collaged on top of images of citizens protesting Griffin's claims.

Voting Rights

NC Court of Appeals Order Threatens 60,000 Votes in Griffin Election Challenge

RALEIGH, N.C (April 4, 2025) — The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a ruling today — four months post-election — commanding the State and…

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

Voting Rights

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 brief Monday…

voter purging, voter registration application ripped

Voting Rights

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…

Military members filling out their mail-in ballots

Voting Rights

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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