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Disenfranchised voter

July 5, 2016

VA NAACP asks VA Supreme Court to uphold return of voting rights to people with prior felony convictions

Richmond, VA. —The Virginia State Conference of the NAACP filed a brief on Monday, June 27, 2016 in the Virginia Supreme Court in support of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order restoring voting rights to more than 200,000 Virginians with previous felony convictions. Gov. McAuliffe’s Order for the Restoration of Rights, issued April 22, 2016, represents […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconDisenfranchised voter,  Mass Incarceration,  voter,  voter suppression,  Votes not counted,  voting rights

December 11, 2014

Votes Not Counted: Lauren's Story

Each post in SCSJ’s “Votes Not Counted” series tells the story of a person qualified to vote before the passage of North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law, whose ballot was unjustly denied this year. Below is Lauren’s story. If you know another eligible voter whose vote has been denied, please email sarah@scsj.org. Lauren is a 26-year-old […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconDisenfranchised voter,  H.B. 589,  North Carolina Monster voting Law,  voter suppression,  Votes not counted,  voting rights

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NOW: 17-year #ncga veteran Rep. @priceyharrison — who serves on House elex cmte and has sponsored dozens of elex-related bills — testifies re: the voter ID amendment legislation's strange trajectory to passage. “It was interesting.” Watch: bit.ly/3dyQEYW #NCVoterIDtrial

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REMINDER: Join @nc_cred & @LawyersComm on tomorrow's #webinar from 7-8PM ET to review the law & how communities can continue advocating for the removal of monuments and other iconography to white supremacy from all court spaces. Learn more and register: bit.ly/2R9llLK

Yesterday

ICYMI: Research presented by Dr. Ariel White, an expert in how voter ID policies impact behavior, supported #NCvoterIDtrial testimony of disenfranchised voters. Bias aside, she said ways county poll workers in NC are trained to enforce these complicated laws can lead to problems. pic.twitter.com/vM3o…

Yesterday

"plaintiffs argue the newer law still fits into the same pattern of voter suppression laws from the past. 'Preventing fraud was one of the reasons given for imposing a literacy test,' testified James Leloudis, a professor of history at UNC wunc.org/politics/20… #NCvoterIDtrial

Yesterday

Mr. Kearney has been a registered voter for 50+ years. Poll workers knew him by name, and still voter ID kept him from voting in 2016. This is why we’ve taken NC’s latest voter ID law to court. Watch as the #NCVoterIDtrial continues tomorrow: youtube.com/channel/… pic.twitter.com/vTWA…

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