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 […]
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 […]
"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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]