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November 6, 2014

Votes Not Counted: Charise'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 Cherise’s story. If you know another eligible voter whose vote has been denied, please email sarah@scsj.org. Charise Dill is […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconCherise Dill,  disenfranchisement,  election 2014,  monster voter suppression law,  voter suppression,  Votes not counted,  voting,  voting law changes,  voting rights

November 4, 2014

Votes Not Counted: Mahendri'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 Mahendri’s story. If you know another eligible voter whose vote has been denied, please email sarah@scsj.org. Mahendri is a […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconmonster voter suppression law,  same day registration,  voter disenfranchisement,  voter suppression,  Votes not counted,  voting,  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

August 27, 2014

A look at NC's modern-day poll taxes

The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1964, prohibiting the government from issuing taxes on voting participation in federal elections. The Amendment laid the foundation for expanded voter protection from poll taxes at all levels of government. The poll tax had long-been a principal impediment to African American participation in elections and […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag icon24th Amendment,  monster voter suppression law,  poll tax,  voter suppression,  voting,  voting rights

August 22, 2014

The truth about voter fraud truthers

This post is a response to Ron Christie’s recent article, “Hey Eric Holder: Voter ID Isn’t Stuck in 1965.” The truth about voter fraud truthers In what can only be described as a bewildering exercise in editorial end-zone dancing, Ron Christie, writing for the Daily Beast, argued recently that Federal District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder’s […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconmonster voter suppression law,  Sarah Moncelle,  Voter fraud,  voting,  voting rights

July 5, 2014

NC Voting Rights Rollbacks: The New Selma?

In March of 1965, the Selma-to-Montgomery march began with hopes of creating voting equality. Hundreds of civil rights activists and demonstrators attempted to march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in protest of Jim Crow voter suppression measures such as literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and the general practice of intimidation. Pivotal moments of […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconmonster voter suppression law,  Moral March to the Polls,  NC NAACP,  voting rights rollbacks,  Xan McKnight

November 5, 2013

Votes Not Counted: Mat'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 Mat’s story. If you know another eligible voter whose vote has been denied, please email sarah@scsj.org. Mat Windsor was […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconelection 2014,  Mat Windsor,  monster voter suppression law,  UOCAVA,  Voter disen,  voter suppression,  Votes not counted,  voting

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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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