RALEIGH, N.C. ( July 6, 2026 ) — Voters across North Carolina are pushing back against a wave of proposed early voting cuts, and this week, the fight comes to Rowan and Pasquotank counties. Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) sent letters this week to the...
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 8, 2026) — The ACLU of North Carolina (ACLU-NC) and Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) are urging the State Board of Elections to reject rules it’s considering that would silence voter engagement volunteers at polling places and restrict...
WHITEVILLE, N.C. (June 5, 2026) — Columbus County voters could lose access to all but one of their early voting locations if a recent proposal from the local county board of elections is approved. In a May 11, 2026, Columbus County Board of Elections meeting,...
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. ( June 3, 2026) — Bladen County residents turned out in droves this week to defeat a proposal to shrink the Board of Commissioners from nine members to five, a move that would have watered down Black political representation in the community. ...
DURHAM, N.C. (May 26, 2026) — North Carolina law currently allows a voter who is unable to show a photo ID at the polls to fill out a form explaining why — such as it being lost or stolen or not yet obtained due to work, school, or family responsibilities, or illness...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (April 24, 2026) — Three voting rights organizations announced their appeal today of the recent federal court decision upholding restrictions to same-day registration in Senate Bill 747 (SB 747), which targeted the voices of North Carolina’s...
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 747), which makes it easier for lawful ballots cast during early voting to be thrown out through no fault of...
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 settle a lawsuit will force nearly 100,000 registered voters to re-prove their eligibility to vote to ensure future...
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 of a lower court ruling that struck down the state’s congressional map creating a second majority-Black district. The...
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) — Leading civil and voting rights litigators and advocates spoke Tuesday about next week's 60th anniversary of the...
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 Senate Bill 747 (SB 747) intentionally discriminates against young North Carolinians and unlawfully infringes on...
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 to intervene in a federal lawsuit that wrongly challenges the eligibility of more than 200,000 voters by claiming...