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SCSJ, Voting Rights Groups Ask to Intervene in North Carolina Voter Purge Case

SCSJ: “We look forward to making our case that these purges represent yet another attempt to thwart the freedom to vote in North Carolina.” Durham,…

Voting Rights

Marian Lewin and Melvin Montford: N.C. counties should defy the ‘Big Lie,’ protect voters

Read SCSJ clients Melvin Montford, head of the North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute, and Marian Lewin, spokesperson for the League of Women Voters of…

Voting Rights

South Carolina Groups Join Regional Effort to Prepare Voters for Redistricting Process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 10, 2021

Media Contacts:
Sailor Jones, Communications Director, SCSJ sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906
Mary Dell Hayes, Project Manager, SC Counts, marydellhayes@stopgapsolutionsmd.com, 803-730-7785 South…

Voting Rights

Georgia Groups Join Regional Effort to Prepare Voters for Redistricting Process

Media Contacts:
Sailor Jones, Communications Director, SCSJ, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906
Karuna Ramachandran, GRA, kramachandran@advancingjustice-atlanta.org, 404-585-8446 ext. 106 The Georgia Redistricting Alliance and ProGeorgia join the Southern…

Voting Rights

Southern Coalition for Social Justice Responds to Redistricting Data Release

SCSJ’s Allison Riggs: “We know the South is ready.” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 12, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT: Sailor Jones, Communications Director, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906 Durham, N.C.…

Voting Rights

Louisiana’s Power Coalition Joins Regional Effort to Prepare Voters for Redistricting Planning

Louisiana Power Coalition for Equity and Justice and Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) prepare three redistricting fellows to engage and educate Louisiana communities about…

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Alabama Groups Join Regional Effort to Prepare Voters for Redistricting Process

Alabama Forward, The Ordinary People Society (TOPS), Mobile Alabama NAACP, and League of Women Voters Alabama join the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and…

Voting Rights

N.C. Voting Rights Groups Demand Open Redistricting Process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2021
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Sailor Jones, Communications Director, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906
Hilary Harris Klein, Voting Rights Counsel, hilary@scsj.org, 919-794-4198 ext. 119 DURHAM,…

Voting Rights

NC REPORT: Process to Fix Mail-in Ballots Saved Tens of Thousands of Votes in 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2021
Media Contacts:
Sailor Jones, 919-260-5906, sailor@scsj.org
Gino Nuzzolillo, 402-415-4763, gino@scsj.org DURHAM, N.C. (July 29, 2021) — North Carolina’s 2020…

Voting Rights

OP-ED: Gov. Abbott’s Attacks on Texas’ Checks and Balances Will Not Go Unchecked

Read the League of Women Voters of Texas’ recent op-ed HERE. Angry at his party’s failure to pass a sweeping anti-voter law, last month Texas…

Justice System Reform

OP-ED: Arrested for voting? Hervis Rogers and the case against disappearing our voters.

Read SCSJ’s Equal Justice Works Fellow Mitchell Brown’s Houston Chronicle op-ed HERE. Last week, when Attorney General Ken Paxton arrested Hervis Rogers for allegedly casting an…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Responds to Supreme Court Decision to Deny State Relief Under the Voting Rights Act

SCSJ: “Today, the Supreme Court ignored the impact of Arizona’s racist, anti-voter legislation” Durham, N.C. (July 1, 2021) — A ruling by the U.S. Supreme…