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Allison Riggs

August 26, 2016

SCSJ releases Supreme Court response to North Carolina’s Emergency Voting Case

SCSJ releases Supreme Court response to North Carolina’s Emergency Voting Case Durham, NC — On Thursday, August 25, the League of Women Voters, represented by SCSJ, and other plaintiffs in State of North Carolina v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP asked the Supreme Court deny the State’s request to stay the Fourth Circuit’s […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  black voters,  early voting,  North Carolina,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting,  voting rights,  voting rights rollbacks

December 10, 2014

U.S. Appeals Court To Hear Wake School Board Redistricting Case

The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit challenging Wake County’s school board election maps. The Durham-based Southern Coalition for Social Justice is challenging the 2013 redistricting on behalf of a handful of Wake County residents and two local organizations. They argue that […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  Anita Earls,  press clipping,  redistricting,  Wake County,  WUNC

November 5, 2014

Votes Not Counted: Mat’s Story

Mat Windsor was denied the right to vote in this election because of a bureaucratic mistake that could not be corrected. Mat did everything right, but because the law passed by the North Carolina General Assembly (H.B. 589) in 2013 to “combat voter fraud” ended same day registration—the ability of voters to register (or to […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  early voting,  HB 589,  Mat,  same day registration,  voter disenfranchisement,  voter suppression,  Votes not counted

October 9, 2014

Supreme Court Allows North Carolina’s Tighter Voting Rules

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to implement tighter voting rules for the midterm elections, blocking a lower-court ruling that required the state to restore same-day voter registration and count ballots cast in the wrong precinct. The high court’s action, announced in a brief written order, dealt a blow to the Justice Department […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  minority voters,  North Carolina,  SCOTUS,  voter suppression

October 8, 2014

North Carolina scrambles after federal appeals court blocks new voting law

North Carolina officials, scrambling to comply with a court ruling that blocked parts of a restrictive voter law just weeks before the November election, were in federal court on Tuesday to detail a proposed overhaul of their election plans. North Carolina was ordered to restore provisional ballots and same-day voter registrations last week when a […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  out-of-precinct provisional ballot,  same day registration

October 8, 2014

NC says it's making plans to comply with voter law

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. North Carolina is moving ahead with plans to comply with an appeals court ruling that restores same-day registration and counting out-of-precinct ballots for the fall election, a state attorney told a federal judge Tuesday. But members of civil rights groups that sued to restore the activities told U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  same day registration,  Southern Coalition for Social Justice,  State Board of Elections,  voting rights

October 1, 2014

Appeals court delays N.C. voting changes

Washington Post By Anne Blythe October 1 at 7:26 PM RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled Wednesday that two provisions of North Carolina’s election law overhaul in 2013 cannot be enforced during November’s election.The three-judge panel’s ruling reinstates same-day registration and restores out-of-precinct provisional voting.The judges did not […]

Category iconRecent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  Dale Ho,  League of Women Voters,  provisional voting,  same day registration

September 25, 2014

NC: Change in election laws discussed

By Jim Bradley for wsoctv.com Posted: 6:07 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Elections officials will have to wait to find out if changes to North Carolina’s elections laws passed last year will be put on hold for November’s election. A three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals heard arguments for […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU of North Carolina,  Allison Riggs,  Chris Brook,  early voting,  League of Women Voters,  same day registration,  voting rights

September 24, 2014

NC's voting battle is headed for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Thursday, September 25, on North Carolina’s restrictive voting law. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and the American Civil Liberties union (ACLU) are challenging provisions of the law that eliminate a week of early voting, end same-day registration, and prohibit out-of-precinct voting. SCSJ and […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconA. Philip Randolph Institute,  ACLU,  Allison Riggs,  Dale Ho,  Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  voting rights

August 12, 2014

Allison Riggs on The Ed Show discussing Voting Rights

On August 12, 2014 SCSJ staff attorney Allison Riggs appeared on The Ed Show with guest host Michael Eric Dyson to discuss recent developments in litigation opposing North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression law. Coverage of North Caroina’s voting law starts at 1:36. Allison’s interview begins at 2:26. The Ed Show

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  The Ed Show,  voter suppression,  voting rights

August 8, 2014

Agreement reached after environmental justice complaint

After a year-long environmental justice battle, the Southernside, SC neighborhood is seeing progress toward a new bridge. Environmental Justice Complaint Background SCSJ began assisting the Southernside neighborhood with their environmental justice complaint in the summer of 2013. SCSJ filed a complaint on behalf of state Rep. Chandra Dillard and longtime resident Mary Duckett, alleging that […]

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconAllison Riggs,  Chandra Dillard,  Environmental Justice,  Southernside

July 20, 2014

Texas Back in Court With U.S. in Minority Voting Fight

Texas Back in Court With U.S. in Minority Voting Fight By Laurel Brubaker Calkins Jul 14, 2014 4:24 PM ET for Bloomberg Texas will continue using biased election maps to discriminate against black and Latino voters unless ordered to stop, Justice Department lawyers told a panel of U.S. judges as the state’s long-running redistricting trial […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  Perez v. Texas,  redistricting

July 17, 2014

Allison Riggs Discusses Voter ID on All Things Considered

Fate Of The New N.C. Voter ID Law Now Rests In A Judge’s Hands by Jeff Tiberii | July 11, 2014 — 2:23 PM North Carolina’s voter ID law has come under fire in the courts, challenged by lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice, the NAACP and voting rights groups. A judge will decide […]

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconAll Things Considered,  Allison Riggs,  Melissa Block,  Rick Hasen,  Voter ID,  voter suppression

July 11, 2014

SCSJ Opposes Voter Suppression in Federal Court

Attorneys from the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, and the ACLU of North Carolina appeared in federal court this week to argue for a preliminary injunction that would prevent North Carolina from enforcing its voter suppression bill, H.B. 589, during the November 2014 election. The hearing included testimony from North […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  early voting,  League of Women Voters,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting,  voting rights

July 3, 2014

SCSJ to Battle Voter Suppression in Monday Hearing

On Monday, July 7, Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s Allison Riggs will partner with the American Civil Liberties Union to present arguments in federal court asking that North Carolina’s voter suppression law be placed on hold for the 2014 midterm elections. Riggs is the lead attorney in this case, League of Women Voters of North […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU,  ACLU of North Carolina,  Allison Riggs,  NC League of Women Voters,  NC NAACP,  voter suppression

May 20, 2014

SCSJ, ACLU Ask Federal Court to Put N.C. Voter Suppression Law on Hold

Southern Coalition for Social Justice, ACLU Ask Federal Court to Put N.C. Voter Suppression Law on Hold for Midterm Election May 20, 2014 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice have asked a federal court to put North Carolina’s voter suppression law on hold for the 2014 midterm […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU,  Allison Riggs,  League of Women Voters,  voting rights

May 16, 2014

More progress in NC voting rights case

More progress in NC voting rights case Late in the afternoon on May 15, 2014 U.S. District Court Judge Schroeder upheld a magistrate’s ruling ordering North Carolina state lawmakers to release some e-mails and other documents related to the passage of the state’s sweeping voter suppression law. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU,  ACLU NC,  Allison Riggs,  Judge Schroeder,  League of Women Voters,  voter suppression law

May 16, 2014

NC Voting Rights: Judge says NC lawmakers can't ignore subpoenas

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal trial judge declined Thursday to side with North Carolina lawmakers who believe they are not required to provide documents to groups seeking answers about how a disputed elections-overhaul law was passed. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder upheld the March decision of a magistrate judge who told General […]

Category iconUncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU,  Allison Riggs,  Gary D. Robertson,  monster voter bill,  NC League of Women Voters,  Voter ID,  voter suppression

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