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Judge Orders Winterville Election Results Stand
WINTERVILLE, N.C. – Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway decided from the bench on Friday, December 29, 2017, that the Pitt County Board of…
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SCSJ files petition where local election certification is unlawfully overturned
WINTERVILLE, N.C. – Mr. Ricky Hines won a seat on the Winterville Town Council in November’s election. However, at the urging of the staff of…
Dr. Kareem Crayton Hired as Interim Director for the Southern Coalition for Social Justice
DURHAM, N.C. – The Board of Directors for the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) has hired Kareem Crayton, J.D., Ph.D. to serve as the…
Special Master Releases Final Recommendations in NC Racial Gerrymandering Case
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Dr. Nathaniel Persily, the court-appointed Special Master tasked with reviewing the North Carolina’s 2017 redistricting plan, submitted a final set of recommendations…
Community Groups Add to Civil Rights Complaint Against Lee County School System
FORT MYERS, F.L. – The Lee County NAACP submitted an amended civil rights complaint to the U.S. Department of Education last week, pointing out that…
Special Master Ordered in North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case
GREENSBORO, N.C. – A federal three-judge panel has appointed a “special master” to “assist the Court in evaluating” the districts that Plaintiffs explained either failed…
Gerrymandering 101
By Rock the Vote’s Kosoko Jackson & The Southern Coalition for Social Justice
This article originally appeared on Medium on October 2, 2017
The Supreme…
Objection Filed Against Unconstitutional Districts in New Legislative Redistricting Plan
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Plaintiffs in Covington v. North Carolina filed pleadings with North Carolina’s Middle District Court today, objecting to certain House and Senate districts…
Plaintiffs in Racial Gerrymandering Case Release Redistricting Plan
DURHAM, N.C. – The plaintiffs in Covington v. North Carolina submitted alternative redistricting plans earlier today to the legislative committees in charge of the redistricting…
Texas Federal Court Finds Discriminatory Intent in Congressional Maps
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued an opinion today in Perez v. Abbott, a case challenging…
North Carolina’s Middle Court Orders New Legislative Maps Drawn by September 1
Greensboro, N.C. — A panel of three federal court judges has ordered the North Carolina General Assembly to redraw legislative maps by September 1, 2017…
U.S. Supreme Court Affirms that North Carolina Racially Gerrymandered State Legislative Districts
North Carolina’s federal Middle District Court will consider when new districts are to be drawn and elections to be held
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S.…