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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

November 19, 2014

Votes Not Counted: April's Story

April Sidbury is a North Carolina registered voter whose vote was not counted due to the elimination of same day registration under the new voter suppression law (H.B. 589). Previously, voters were allowed to register and vote at the same time during the early voting period. April did not have a voice in this election […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconapril's story,  early voting,  HB 589,  Provisional ballot,  provisional vote,  same day registration,  Votes not counted

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 22, 2014

Early Voting at Appalachian State University!

On October 21, 2014 the North Carolina Court of Appeals REFUSED to stay an order of Superior Court Judge Stephens requiring an early voting site on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, (Watauga County) North Carolina.  On October 22, the State Board of Elections held an emergency meeting where they approved a plan […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAppalachian State University,  ASU,  college student voting,  early voting,  student voting,  voting rights,  Watauga Board of Elections,  Watauga County

October 9, 2014

NC Voting Rights Setback at the U.S. Supreme Court

A personal message from SCSJ Executive Director Anita Earls You’ve probably heard that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted the state’s stay, undoing our hard work to ensure fair voting access to all eligible North Carolinians. This means that there will be no same day registration or out-of-precinct provisional voting in the November 2014 election. […]

Category iconRecent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconAnita Earls,  early voting,  out of precinct provisional voting,  same day registration,  SCOTUS,  voter registration,  voting rights

October 8, 2014

Not sure where to early vote in NC? There's a map for that.

Finding a place to vote during North Carolina’s One-Stop Early Voting period has never been easier, thanks to a new searchable web map of the state’s early voting sites. Created by North Carolina Conservation Network, this interactive map lets users search for their nearest early voting site by entering their address in the search box […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconearly voting,  Geoweb,  NC Conservation Network,  NC Early Voting Locations,  One-Stop Early Voting,  Web Map

October 2, 2014

NY Times: 2 New Limits on Voting in North Carolina Are Rejected by U.S. Court

A federal appeals court on Wednesday forced North Carolina officials to restore two provisions for ballot access that had been eliminated in a law passed by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature that civil rights groups said would disproportionately harm black voters. The 2-to-1 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit restores […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAnita Earls,  early voting,  Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  Provisional ballot,  same day registration,  voting rights

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 25, 2014

Federal Appeals Court Hears Arguments on North Carolina's Restrictive Voting Law

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments today on North Carolina’s restrictive voting law and whether key provisions can go into effect before the midterm election. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice are challenging provisions that eliminate a week of early voting, end same-day registration, […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU,  early voting,  Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals,  voting rights

August 8, 2014

New ruling in NC voting rights case

Late on Friday, August 8th, Federal District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder issued a ruling in the lawsuit SCSJ and others are pursuing to stop the sweeping and harmful election law changes that the North Carolina General Assembly put into effect last year.  You can read the 125-page opinion here.   This is a partial victory […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconearly voting,  NC League of Women Voters,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights

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

March 27, 2014

Federal Court Orders N.C. Lawmakers to Release E-Mail Related to Passage of State's Sweeping Voter Suppression Law

Federal Court Orders N.C. Lawmakers to Release E-Mail Related to Passage of State’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2014 CONTACT: Shoshannah Sayers, SCSJ, 919-323-3380, ext. 154; ShoshannahSayers@southerncoalition.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National, 212-549-2666, media@aclu.org Mike Meno, ACLU of North Carolina, 919-834-3466, mmeno@acluofnc.org WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A federal court today ordered North Carolina state […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU,  Allison Riggs,  early voting,  immunity,  Peake,  voting rights

February 21, 2014

Voting Rights Hearing 2/21/14

Background: On August 12, 2013, The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s newly enacted voter suppression law, HB 589.  The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several North Carolinians who will face substantial hardship under the law, and on […]

Category iconRecent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU,  Civic Engagement,  Department of Justice,  DOJ,  early voting,  League of Women Voters,  NAACP,  Uncategorized,  voter suppression,  VoterID,  voting rights

November 4, 2013

Voter ID – the major impact on women of color

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice has conducted a review of the 318,644 registered North Carolina voters from the 2012 elections who did not have a valid, DMV issued photo ID that matched the name on their voter registration card [1] and found that, of all registered voters, NC women voters are disproportionately affected by […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconearly voting,  League of Women Voters,  NARAL North Carolina,  same day registration,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights,  Wendy Davis,  Women Voters

October 30, 2013

SCSJ files federal lawsuit challenging NC's new Voter Suppression Law

August 12, 2013 The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation today filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter suppression law signed by Gov. Pat McCrory. The suit specifically targets provisions of the law that eliminate a week of early voting, end same-day registration, and prohibit […]

Category iconVoting Rights Tag iconearly voting,  League of Women Voters,  NC,  Provisional ballot,  Voter ID,  voter suppression

September 30, 2013

SCSJ Welcomes DOJ intervention to Stop NC Voter Suppression Law

September 30, 2013 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent North Carolina from implementing voter suppression  measures  recently passed by the General Assembly.  DOJ’s move underscores how the sweeping Voter Information Verification ACT (VIVA), which includes a photo ID requirement, reductions to early voting, the elimination of same […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconBail-in,  DOJ,  early voting,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  Voting Rights Act

August 30, 2013

SCSJ weighs in on Watauga Elections Issues

 August 30, 2013                                                                                                         […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconearly voting,  State Board of Elections,  student voting,  voting rights

August 26, 2013

August Recap: Voting Rights Matter!

August has been a busy month for SCSJ’s voting rights team. When North Carolina’s Governor McCrory signed an anti-voting law considered the most restrictive in the country, SCSJ fought back. We filed a suit in federal court challenging new restrictions on early voting, the end of same-day voter registration, and the elimination of out-of-precinct provisional […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconearly voting,  Montravias King,  Pasquotank,  Voter ID,  voting rights,  Wake County

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Similar to other voters who testified this week, Mr. Kearney said that under NC's last voter ID law: 👉🏾poll workers seemed confused 👉🏾he was given the wrong ballot 👉🏾he was given no instructions to cure his ballot 👉🏾his vote didn’t count This is why we fight. #NCvoterIDtrial pic.twitter.com/8nYb…

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#NCVoterIDtrial resumed today w/ testimony from lifelong Warren Co. voter Paul Kearney who was disenfranchised in 2016 by NC's last voter ID law. Despite having “a billfold full of IDs,” Kearney, who is Black, didn't have the right ID that day. His provisional vote wasn't counted pic.twitter.com/0YoJ…

About a day ago

Following testimony from political scientist Dr. Kevin Quinn, NC voter Daniel Smith testified in day four of the #NCvoterIDtrial. Smith was disenfranchised by NC’s prior voter ID law when he attempted to vote using a temporary driver’s license after misplacing his original.

About 2 days ago

From historians to #ncga experts to election officials — this week’s testimony in the #NCvoterIDtrial has shed light on the process that led to NC’s discriminatory voter ID law and the effect of voter ID on eligible NC voters. The trial continues now: bit.ly/3uTNuVK pic.twitter.com/pPAR…

About 2 days ago

“As we saw in Georgia and we are seeing in Texas, Arizona, North Carolina and Michigan and plenty of other states, this is a coordinated, multi-pronged attack on the freedom to vote in this country” thecharlottepost.com…

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