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June 7, 2015

SCSJ honored by the League of Women Voters of North Carolina

The League of Women Voters of North Carolina honored the Southern Coalition for Social Justice with its Outstanding State League Partner Organization Award at the League’s statewide biennial convention in Durham on Saturday, June 6th. The award recognizes organizations for “their collaborative services that have enabled the LWVNC to be a stronger, more effective organization congruent with […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconLeague of Women Voters of North Carolina,  LWVNC,  Outstanding Partner Award

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

February 1, 2015

Judge to take several weeks to rule on NC voter ID challenge

RALEIGH — A Wake County judge plans to take two to three weeks to decide whether a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter ID law should be dismissed or proceed to trial this summer. Mike Morgan, a Wake County Superior Court judge, briefed attorneys Friday after listening to several hours of arguments for and against the […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconA. Philip Randolph Institute,  Anita Earls,  George Eppsteiner,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  NC Voter ID Challenge,  Press Millen,  State Constitution,  Voter ID,  Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

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

December 19, 2014

North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Racially Gerrymandered Districts

Today the North Carolina Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling upholding North Carolina’s state legislative and Congressional redistricting plans.  The North Carolina NAACP, the League of Women Voters, the North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute, Democracy NC and dozens of individual voters sued the state over the redistricting plans in November 2011.  The case has […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconDemocracy NC,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute,  North Carolina NAACP,  racial gerrymandering,  redistricting

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 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

September 11, 2014

How The Fight Against Voting Rights Restrictions Could Decide This Year's Marquee Senate Race

DURHAM, N.C. — President Barack Obama won North Carolina by just 14,000 votes in 2008. Now, as Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) and state House Speaker Thom Tillis (R) go head to head in a race that will determine which party controls the Senate, the state’s voter turnout is in question: Will voting rights restrictions passed […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconBob Hall,  Democracy NC,  Faulkner Fox,  George Eppsteiner,  Gunther Peck,  League of Women Voters of North Carolina,  Moral Monday,  NAACP

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Despite failed attempts to silence our voices, the will of the people prevailed. Young people & people of color voted in record numbers and chose a new path forward. Our votes counted. Our voices were heard. And #OurFutureIsBright. Now, we come together to build a better future. pic.twitter.com/7nff…

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"Voting rights groups are worried gerrymandering in a new round of redistricting could threaten voters of color, especially Black voters, following an election cycle that was highlighted by heightened minority voter turnout." bit.ly/3oZVCkW @thehill #gerrymandering

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