Category: Election Protection

Trouble voting? voter hotline sign in front of polling place at NCCU in Durham

Voting Rights

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…

Voting Rights

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…

north carolina legislative building at sunset. photo by Elijah Mears

Voting Rights

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…

Missing Voters report cover titled "Analysis: Who are North Carolina's 1.5 Million Missing Voters?" and a few report spreads showing data visualizations and graphics.

Voting Rights

North Carolina’s Missing Voters: SCSJ, Dēmos Detail Gap in Voter Participation

At least 1.5 million North Carolinians, nearly one in five eligible voters, do not participate in elections. DURHAM, N.C. – Southern Coalition for Social Justice…

Youth voters would be harshly impacted by SB 747.

Voting Rights

‘Election Integrity’ Activists at Heart of 2023 Omnibus Election Bill, Evidence Shows

RALEIGH, N.C. (May 13, 2025) — North Carolina legislators are yet again trying to conceal the role of “election integrity” advocates Cleta Mitchell and the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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