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Voting Rights

What Happened in North Carolina Redistricting After the 2020 Census?

North Carolina’s legislature is likely to redraw the state’s Congressional, state Senate, and state House map again in 2023. This summary provides an explanation of…

Voting Rights

North Carolina Photo Voter ID

On April 28, 2023, the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed its previous decision in Holmes v. Moore, which found Senate Bill 824 – North Carolina’s…

Justice System Reform

Prison Gerrymandering: How One Count Leads to a Decade of Distortion

Prison gerrymandering is the distortion to representation that occurs when voting maps are drawn using
Census numbers that count incarcerated individuals where they are temporarily…

Voting Rights

NC Election Budgets and Marginal Funding Decisions

In North Carolina, elections are funded at the county level and organized by county board of elections (CBOE). This funding provides everything in elections from…

Voting Rights

North Carolina Voter List Maintenance: 2023 Update 

Since the 2020 election, SCSJ has been tracking North Carolina’s voter list maintenance, and specifically its massive voter removals that occur every odd year under…

Voting Rights

ERIC: Setting the Record Straight

Download Resource Here States Leaving ERIC Threaten Voter Security, Give Weight to Misinformation Campaigns Officials in Florida, Mississippi, and West Virginia announced in March 2023…

Voting Rights

Combatting Wrongful Voter Purges

When a state or county conducts a program to systematically remove people from its list of registered voters, this is called “voter list maintenance.” When…

Fair Chance Business Infographics

Fair Chance hiring considers an applicant’s qualifications first, without the stigma of a conviction or arrest record. Fair Chance Business Certified, businesses must: Remove all…

Election Funding Advocacy

The first half of the year is your chance to talk to your County Board of Elections Director and County Commissioners to determine where they…

Voting Rights

2020 North Carolina Election Protection Report

What did we learn from 2020? North Carolinians — particularly our Black and Latiné neighbors — have always faced an evolving array of barriers that…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Sends Redistricting Concerns Letter to North Carolina General Assembly, 10.8.2021

SCSJ correspondence_NCGA redistricting_2021.10.08[2]Download…

Communications

#MapOurFuture: 2021 Redistricting in the South

BREAKING (10.29.2021)
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FILE STATE LAWSUIT OVER NORTH CAROLINA REDISTRICTING FAILURES. Learn more: scsj.org/ncnaacp The 2021 redistricting cycle has begun. The next 10…