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Partisan Aims Cannot Excuse Racial Gerrymandering
WASHINGTON, DC (October 10, 2023) — Party and race have been intricately intertwined in redistricting, with race and party many times serving as a proxy…
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TRIAL RECAP: Advocates, Experts Testify to Inconsistent Florida Redistricting Process
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (Oct. 9, 2023) – As Common Cause et al. v. Byrd reached its conclusion this week, experts and advocates conveyed a singular message:…
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Civil rights advocates demand protection for Black voters in SC SCOTUS case
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 5, 2023) — The U.S. Supreme Court must uphold precedent and continue to prohibit racial discrimination in redistricting cases when it hears…
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North Carolina advocates call for lawful criteria in 2023 redraw of Congressional and state legislative voting maps
RALEIGH (Oct. 4, 2023) – In an Oct. 3 letter, a coalition of more than 20 nonprofit and advocacy groups called for the North Carolina…
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TRIAL RECAP: Judges hear from Impacted Residents, Experts on Florida’s Gerrymandered Districts
TALLAHASSEE, FL (Sept. 29, 2023) – Residents and experts condemned Florida’s 2022 congressional voting maps in federal court throughout the first week of testimony in…
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Nonpartisan Groups Head to Court to Challenge DeSantis’ Unfair Voting Map
TALLAHASSE, FL (Sept. 26, 2023) — Today in federal court, Common Cause Florida and plaintiffs began arguments in the trial over the state’s gerrymandered 2022 congressional…
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SOLVE Network Awards Grants to Southern Organizations
DURHAM, NC (September 18, 2023) — The Southern Leadership for Voter Engagement Network (SOLVE), which is part of Southern Coalition for Social Justice, granted $300,000…
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Voting Rights Groups Release 2022 Midterm Election Protection Report, Detailing NC Voting Trends
DURHAM, N.C. (8/24/2023) – Voters’ experiences during the 2022 Midterms confirms the continued need to improve voting policies, Early Voting, voter registration, and access and…
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SCSJ, allies call upon Supreme Court to strike down racially gerrymandered maps
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of civil rights groups are calling upon the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that South Carolina’s congressional map is racially…
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Galveston Racial Gerrymandering Trial Begins
GALVESTON, TX – Black and Brown residents of Galveston County packed a federal court this week as civil rights groups began a trial this week…
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Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit to Block Racially Discriminatory Tennessee Redistricting
Nashville, TN (August 9, 2023) — The Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, the African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee, the Equity Alliance, the Memphis…
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SCSJ, Texas Civil Rights Project Take Galveston Gerrymandering to Trial
GALVESTON, TEXAS – This Monday, August 7, civil rights groups will head to trial to make the case that the Galveston County Commissioners Court diluted the…