Voting Rights

Voting Rights

Supreme Court Takes N.C. Case Threatening Future of Voting Rights 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court decided on June 30, 2022, it will hear oral arguments during the October 2022 term…

Voting Rights

New York Gun Opinion Should Not Leave Election Workers, Voters Vulnerable

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that New York’s gun licensing system, “which issues public-carry licenses only when an applicant demonstrates a special need…

Voting Rights

Southern Coalition Responds to Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision

We are angry and heartbroken by the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs. While abortion in North Carolina remains safe and legal, no person should be…

Voting Rights

TAKE ACTION: Fight the Latest Attack on NC Vote-By-Mail

VICTORY! On July 14, 2022, the North Carolina State Board of Elections rejected the NC GOP’s request to implement a discriminatory “signature-matching” policy. Read our…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Common Cause Repudiate NC Lawmakers’ Attempts to Entrench Partisan Power

Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2022) — A state legislature cannot make elections and voting rules with impunity, according to a new filing which asks the…

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Federal Judge Allows Case Against NC Strict Liability Voter Law to Proceed

A lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s strict liability voter prosecution law — criminalizing voting by people with a felony conviction if they are ineligible, even if…

Voting Rights

National Group Abandons Baseless Lawsuit Seeking to Purge Mecklenburg, Guilford Voters

A national group seeking to purge voters in two of North Carolina’s largest counties, each with significant populations of voters of color, has abandoned its…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Brief Outlines Supreme Court Case Against Racist Voter ID Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2022 Raleigh, N.C. (March 11, 2022) — The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and pro bono counsel from the law…

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Statewide Voting Rights Advocacy Groups Release 2020 General Election Protection Report Detailing NC Voting Trends

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2022 DURHAM, N.C. (February 25, 2022) — Each year, Democracy North Carolina and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) …

Southern Coalition for Social Justice Responds to Legislature’s Attack on State Judiciary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2022 In response to a Friday afternoon emergency application to the United States Supreme Court from the North Carolina General…

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“Nefarious intent:” Closing arguments in NC redistricting trial highlight GOP efforts to entrench partisan control

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2022 Raleigh, N.C. (January 6, 2022) — North Carolina’s redistricting trial ended Thursday with closing statements from attorneys on both…

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‘A systematic pro-Republican bias:’  Experts open North Carolina redistricting trial with evidence of extreme partisan gerrymandering

Raleigh, N.C. (January 3, 2022) — North Carolina’s redistricting trial kicked off Monday with expert testimony establishing the state’s Republican lawmakers used 2021 voting maps…