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SCSJ Responds to “Victory for Voters” in Strict Liability Voter Prosecution Case

Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2022) — A lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s strict liability voter prosecution law, criminalizing voting by people with a felony conviction if…

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BREAKING: N.C. Supreme Court Throws Out Racially-Discriminatory Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 4, 2022 Durham, N.C. (Feb. 4, 2022) — In a 4-3 decision, North Carolina’s Supreme Court threw out the state’s congressional and…

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SCSJ, Common Cause Argue Against North Carolina’s Racially-Discriminatory Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 2, 2021 Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 2, 2022) — The Southern Coalition for Social Justice provided oral arguments before the N.C. Supreme Court…

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SCSJ, Common Cause Brief Makes Case Against North Carolina’s Racially-Discriminatory Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 24, 2021
Raleigh, N.C. (January 27, 2022) — The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, with pro bono counsel from Hogan Lovells filed…

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SCSJ Asks NC Supreme Court to Affirm Trial Court Ruling Against Discriminatory Voter ID

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 18, 2022
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Gino Nuzzolillo, gino@scsj.org, 402-415-4763
Melissa Boughton, melissa@scsj.org, 830-481-6901
Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906 Durham, N.C. (Jan. 18, 2022)…

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SCSJ, COMMON CAUSE TO APPEAL ‘DISAPPOINTING’ NC REDISTRICTING RULING

Three-judge panel upholds “intentional, pro-Republican partisan redistricting.” Raleigh, N.C. (Jan. 11, 2021) — A three-judge panel upheld North Carolina lawmakers’ partisan gerrymanders Tuesday despite calling…

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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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NC Redistricting Trial, Day 3: Lawmaker admits secret maps used as “gameplan” for 2021 redistricting

Raleigh, N.C. (January 5, 2022) — A North Carolina lawmaker charged with drawing the state’s voting maps revealed he consulted “concept maps” previously undisclosed to…

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Maps ‘dilute racial opportunity:’ Experts highlight impacts of extreme gerrymandering as North Carolina redistricting trial continues

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 4, 2022 MEDIA CONTACTS:
Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906; SCSJ
Gino Nuzzolillo, gino@scsj.org, 402-415-4763; SCSJ
Melissa Boughton, melissa@scsj.org, 830-481-6901; SCSJ
Bryan Warner,…

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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…

Justice System Reform

Duke Energy Provides $25,000 Grant for SCSJ’s 2022 Justice System Reform Work

DURHAM, N.C. (December 21, 2021) — Duke Energy has awarded Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) with a $25,000 grant to expand the educational and…

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VOTING RIGHTS GROUP JOINS NC REDISTRICTING CASE TO CHALLENGE GERRYMANDERED MAPS’ IMPACT ON BLACK VOTERS

UPDATE: On December 15, the Wake County Superior Court granted Common Cause’s motion to intervene in North Carolina League of Conservation Voters et al. and…

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