Voting Rights

Voter ID–The Disproportionate Impact on Women

SCSJ has been closely monitoring the issue of voter suppression among women due to newly implemented voting restrictions in North Carolina. The Washington Post recently…

Was Election Day drug bust an attempt to intimidate NC black voters?

Mt. Gilead mayor and former SCSJ client Patty Almond reached out to SCSJ to report a possible case of voter suppression in her small town…

Votes Not Counted: Mat's Story

Each post in SCSJ’s “Votes Not Counted” series tells the story of a person qualified to vote before the passage of North Carolina’s Monster Voter…

Voter ID – the major impact on women of color

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice has conducted a review of the 318,644 registered North Carolina voters from the 2012 elections who did not have…

Voting Rights

Concerns Over Voter Suppression Continue in NC

Concerns Over Voter Suppression Continue in NC Public News Service – NC | November 2013 | Download audio Citizenship/Representative Democracy Civil Rights Human Rights/Racial Justice…

Voting Rights

SCSJ files federal lawsuit challenging NC's new Voter Suppression Law

August 12, 2013

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation today filed a lawsuit challenging…

NC Citizens Get Graded on Whether They Vote

NC Citizens Get Graded on Whether They Vote Public News Service – NC | October 2013 | Download audio Citizenship/Representative Democracy Civil Rights Social Justice…

From Buncomb to Pasquotank, voter suppression in NC persists

Today’s news is full of stories about a Buncomb County NC elections official forced to resign after making racially inflammatory comments on The Daily Show.…

SCSJ participates in voting rights panel at UNC Law School

On October 14, SCSJ participated in a discussion on the impact of North Carolina’s Voter Information Verification Act, as well as the future of the…

What is racial gerrymandering and why should I care?

Recently Slate writer David Weigel wrote a detailed article discussing the effects of racial gerrymandering on politics in North Carolina, one of the states where…

Montravias King: first the right to run, then election victory!

SCSJ congratulates voting rights client Montravias King, a senior at Elizabeth City State University, on being elected to city council in Elizabeth City, NC. Mr.…

Voting Goes Viral – using social media to spread the word about NC's 10/11/13 registration deadline

The best way to make our voices heard is to participate in every election. Many people skip voting in off-year municipal elections because they think…