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Alberta Currie

July 18, 2016

Alberta Currie

Meet Alberta Currie, the lead plaintiff in SCSJ’s litigation challenging North Carolina’s strict Voter ID requirement. Voting is a matter of pride for Alberta Currie. Since the age of 21 in 1956, she consistently has voted in every election. It was her grandmother who instilled in her the importance of never missing a voting day. […]

Category iconRecent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconAlberta Currie,  Jim Crow,  Uncategorized,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights

February 27, 2015

North Carolina State Court Allows Photo ID Challenge to Proceed to Trial

This afternoon, Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan ruled that a challenge to North Carolina’s photo ID requirement for voting will proceed to trial in July 2015.  In ruling on the respective motions for judgment on the pleadings (where no evidence is allowed to be taken into account), Judge Morgan indicated that the case […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconA. Phillip Randolph Institute,  Alberta Currie,  Brenda Rogers,  George Eppsteiner,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  Melvin Montford,  North Carolina Monster Voter Law,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights

January 30, 2015

The Fight Over Voter ID In NC Heads To State Court

A group that’s challenging North Carolina’s voting overhaul in federal court will take a different argument to state court Friday. The League of Women Voters and other plaintiffs are asking a judge in Raleigh to toss out a photo voter ID requirement that starts next year. Alberta Currie has turned out for election after election […]

Category iconRecent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconAlberta Currie,  George Eppsteiner,  Judge Morgan,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  photo ID,  voter disenfranchisement,  Voter ID,  voting rights

September 5, 2014

"We Couldn't Eat The Birth Certificate" – the burden of Voter ID for people living in poverty

On September 3, 2014 in Texas, witnesses discussed the hardships of obtaining the state’s “free” voter ID. According to MSNBC, “Sammie Louise Bates moved to Texas from Illinois in 2011. She wanted to vote last year, but all she had was an Illinois identification card, and under Texas’s strict voter ID law, that wasn’t acceptable. […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAlberta Currie,  monster voter suppression law,  Sarah Moncelle,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights

January 14, 2014

In NC, Voter Suppression Hits Women & People of Color Hardest.

It’s 2014, and North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression bill is beginning to go into effect. While people are NOT required to show a photo ID in order to vote in 2014 elections, precincts WILL be asking you whether or not you have a valid photo ID. Even if you say no they still have to […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAlberta Currie,  Blog Entry,  Civic Engagement,  Jim Crow,  minority voters,  monster voting bill,  people of color,  redistricting,  segregation,  Uncategorized,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  Voting restirctions,  women

August 15, 2013

NC gets tough on voter ID laws, but at whose expense?

This video of SCSJ client Alberta Currie originally aired on Tuesday, August 13 2013 on NBC Nightly News. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/ns/NBCNightlyNews/#52748601 The Southern Coalition for Social Justice supports the rights of all voters – particularly those like our client Alberta Currie who may completely lose the ability to vote due to changes in voting laws. SCSJ is […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAlberta Currie,  NC,  Voter ID,  voting rights

August 13, 2013

NC Voter ID law challenged in state court

Hillsborough, N.C. – The N.C. A. Philip Randolph Institute, League of Women Voters of North Carolina, and several individual voters have filed a lawsuit challenging the photo ID requirement of North Carolina’s voter suppression law signed by Gov. Pat McCrory. The suit specifically targets provisions of the law that require a state-issued photo ID in […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconA. Philip Randolph Institute,  Alberta Currie,  League of Women Voters,  NC,  North Carolina,  Vote,  Voter ID,  voting rights

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