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January 17, 2018

Filed: Request for U.S. Supreme Court to allow congressional redistricting to move forward

On Wednesday, January 17, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed plaintiffs’ response to the emergency stay application to the U.S. Supreme Court, on behalf of the League of Women Voters of NC.  The response we just filed with the court can be found at http://bit.ly/LWVOpposition Feel free to read the brief in full, but here […]

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January 10, 2018

Analysis of N.C. Judicial Redistricting Proposal Finds Racial and Partisan Biases

DURHAM, N.C. – A white paper released today by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice documents some of the racial and partisan biases infecting the most recent judicial redistricting plan presented by a state legislative committee.  Draft judicial districts unveiled in the December meeting of the Senate Select Committee on Judicial Reform and Redistricting covered […]

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January 9, 2018

Federal Courts Strikes Down North Carolina Congressional Plan as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander

GREENSBORO, N.C.  – A federal three-judge panel for North Carolina’s Middle District has struck down North Carolina’s 2016 congressional plan as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.  That 2016 plan was developed after a federal court invalidated two congressional districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.  When the legislature purported to “remedy” that racial gerrymandered plan with an unabashed […]

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January 9, 2018

Virginia NAACP argues that election administration error harmed black voters

RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia State Conference NAACP submitted an amicus brief today with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of an emergency appeal filed in the House District 28 election case, arguing that a failure to call for a new election would harm voters of color.  Hundreds of voters in Virginia’s House […]

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January 2, 2018

Judge Orders Winterville Election Results Stand

WINTERVILLE, N.C. – Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway decided from the bench on Friday, December 29, 2017, that the Pitt County Board of Elections exceeded its power when it revoked the 2017 Winterville Town Council election certification.  The order found that the initial certificate of election must stand and that Ricky Hines, the […]

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