Category: Election Administration and Protection

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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…

Voting Rights

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…

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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…

Voting Rights

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…

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Voting Rights

NC GOP Files Cynical Lawsuit to Incite Anti-Immigrant Hate, Undermine Trust in Elections

UPDATE (Aug. 27, 2024) — It’s Groundhog Day in North Carolina. Just like last week’s lawsuit, the NC GOP have again asked a state court…

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Communications

Southern Coalition for Social Justice to host Student Media Elections Workshop

Ahead of the 2024 General Election, SCSJ will host its Student Media Elections Workshop to provide nonpartisan electoral training for student journalists.

Voting Rights

Common Cause, SCSJ File Moore v. Harper Respondents’ Brief Upholding Checks and Balances in Nation’s Elections

The Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments in the major voting rights case on December 7, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2022 Washington,…

Voting Rights

Statewide Voting Rights Advocacy Groups Release 2020 General Election Protection Report Detailing NC Voting Trends

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2022 DURHAM, N.C. (February 25, 2022) — Each year, Democracy North Carolina and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) …

Voting Rights

Statement on Election Protection Litigation Brought During the 2020 Elections

Durham, N.C. — Members of the Voting Rights Working Group issue the following statement about its election protection litigation for the 2020 elections.

Voting Rights

Protecting Democracy and Securing the Future

Communities across the country are suffering as a result of a worldwide pandemic, the likes of which we have not seen in more than one hundred years. And in the midst of this pandemic, our elected leadership continues to fail us time and time again. Our elected leaders’ failures directly impact our community and create chasms between those who have access to resources and those who do not. One equalizing tool we do have, however, is the right to vote. The right to vote allows communities to have an equal say in how they are governed and allows our elected officials to be held accountable for ensuring that they have the community’s best interests at heart.

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