NC Voters faced challenges because of N.C. photo ID requirement
March 24, 2016 • Winston-Salem Journal • Michael Hewlett • Read the Original Article
North Carolina’s photo ID voting requirement resulted in confusion, long lines…
Voting Rights
Let My People Vote – the battle to end FL felon disenfranchisement
A recent protest in Florida brought new attention to an old problem: felon disenfranchisement. In many states, particularly in the South, people with felony convictions…
SCSJ Extends Condolences Following Passing of Common Cause President, Democracy Warrior
DURHAM, N.C. — Southern Coalition for Social Justice extends its deepest condolences to Common Cause and all who knew and loved Karen Hobert Flynn following…
Know Your Voting Rights – Post Hurricane Florence
In the wake of natural disasters, voters frequently get displaced from their homes. That does not mean that these voters lose their right to vote…
SCSJ’s Chief Counsel for Voting Rights and Interim Executive Director Wins 2020 David Carliner Public Interest Award
Durham, N.C. — Allison Riggs, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s Chief Counsel for Voting Rights and Interim Executive Director, has been selected as one of two winners of the David Carliner Public Interest Award for her innovative work and commitment to protecting civil and human rights. The award, presented annually by the American Constitution Society, honors a mid-career public interest attorney who exemplifies fearless, uncompromising and creative advocacy on behalf of marginalized people.
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.…
Statement on State Board of Elections Order
Southern Coalition Statement on State Board of Elections Order
DURHAM – The North Carolina State Board of Elections issued an order yesterday giving guidance to…
SCSJ Takes Partisan Gerrymandering Case to the U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Arguments have concluded at the U.S. Supreme Court in Rucho v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina, a partisan gerrymandering challenge to North…
Launch of #MyVoteMyVoice
As the 2020 General Election approaches, SCSJ is uplifting the voices of voters, especially of young people, in the voting process through short and compelling videos.
Federal Judge Overturns Legislature’s Greensboro Redistricting Scheme
GREENSBORO, N.C. – A judge in the Middle District of North Carolina has found that the 2015 legislative redistricting of the Greensboro City Council…
Black Student Voters Challenged and Removed from Voter Rolls
Fifty-six students at the historically black university, Elizabeth City State University, were removed from the voter registration rolls by the Pasquotank County Board of Elections…
Critics of NC’s voter ID law to present their case in court
RALEIGH — Whether N.C. voters will have to show a photo ID in 2016 will depend on whether opponents can show why they shouldn’t have…