FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2021MEDIA CONTACT: Sailor Jones, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906 Durham, N.C. (Oct. 18, 2021) — On Monday, Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) called on Lee County officials to adopt a redistricting plan that protects Black voters. In a letter addressed to Lee County Attorney Whitney Parrish and the County’s seven sitting commissioners, […]
SCSJ Responds to Court of Appeals Decision Defending Voters Against Intimidation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT:Gino Nuzzolillo, Communications Advocate, SCSJ, 402-415-4763, gino@scsj.org SCSJ: “We vow to keep fighting against election fraud conspiracies so that no person experiences this kind of voter intimidation again.” Durham, N.C. (October 5, 2021) — In a 3-0 decision, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled today that accusing […]
Voting Rights Groups Applaud Judge’s Recommendation to Dismiss Lawsuit to Purge North Carolina Voters
SCSJ: “The court’s ruling sends a strong message that efforts to purge voters will not be tolerated in the Tar Heel state.” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2021 MEDIA CONTACTS: Sailor Jones, 919-260-5905, sailor@scsj.orgGino Nuzzolillo, 402-415-4763, gino@scsj.org Durham, N.C. (September 30, 2021) — In an editorial published this week, voting rights advocates from the League of […]
Marian Lewin and Melvin Montford: N.C. counties should defy the ‘Big Lie,’ protect voters
Read SCSJ clients Melvin Montford, head of the North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute, and Marian Lewin, spokesperson for the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, op-ed condemning Judicial Watch’s efforts to propagate the “Big Lie” and attack voters in the Greensboro News & Record. Read their op-ed <<HERE>>. Even with North Carolina’s record […]
N.C. Voting Rights Groups Demand Open Redistricting Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 2, 2021MEDIA CONTACTS:Sailor Jones, Communications Director, sailor@scsj.org, 919-260-5906Hilary Harris Klein, Voting Rights Counsel, hilary@scsj.org, 919-794-4198 ext. 119 DURHAM, N.C. (August 2, 2021) — A coalition of North Carolina voting rights organizations are demanding an open process for drawing the state’s legislative and Congressional districts, outlined in a redistricting recommendations letter emailed […]
NC REPORT: Process to Fix Mail-in Ballots Saved Tens of Thousands of Votes in 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2021Media Contacts: Sailor Jones, 919-260-5906, sailor@scsj.orgGino Nuzzolillo, 402-415-4763, gino@scsj.org DURHAM, N.C. (July 29, 2021) — North Carolina’s 2020 mail-in “cure” process allowed nearly 20,000 North Carolinians to have their votes counted in the general election, according to a new report from Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ). In August 2020, […]
OP-ED: North Carolinians have the right to know the truth about those seeking their sensitive voter information
North Carolinians have the right to know the truth about who is seeking their sensitive voter information
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 […]
Coalition of Civic Organizations Sues North Carolina for Failing to Comply with Federal Voting Rights Obligations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2015 Contacts Michael McDunnah, Project Vote 202-905-1397 / mmcdunnah@projectvote.org Hayley Home, Morrison Foerster 415-268-6021 / hhome@mofo.com Donté Donald, Demos 212-485-6062 / ddonald@demos.org Allison Riggs, Southern Coalition for Social Justice 919-323-3380 ext. 117 / allison@southerncoalition.org Stacie Burgess, Lawyers’ Committee 202-445-6101 / sburgess@lawyerscommittee.org Coalition of Civic […]
Orange County group sends police chiefs, sheriff advice for fighting police bias
This story was written by Tammy Grubb and was first published in The News & Observer on May 26, 2015. CHAPEL HILL – A coalition of attorneys, citizens and community advocates is asking Orange County law enforcement to weed out any racial bias in their departments. The Orange County Bias-Free Policing Coalition recommended 11 steps, including […]
Wake Voters Sue Over New County Commission Districts
For Immediate Release Contact: Beverley Clark, […]
New evidence in Daniel Green’s case, SCSJ attorneys are seeking a new trial
Contact: Joyce Fitzpatrick 919-247-4400 joyce@fitzpatrickcomm.com For Immediate Release Daniel Green Files Motion for New Trial COMPELLING NEW EVIDENCE RAISES SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT LUMBERTON MAN’S MURDER CONVICTION IN THE 1993 KILLING OF MICHAEL JORDAN’S FATHER April 1, 2015 DURHAM, NC (March 31, 2015) – Daniel Green, one of two men currently imprisoned for the murder of James Jordan […]
Critics of NC’s voter ID law to present their case in court
RALEIGH — Whether N.C. voters will have to show a photo ID in 2016 will depend on whether opponents can show why they shouldn’t have to. That test begins Friday when critics of the 2013 election law overhaul argue that the ID requirement violates the North Carolina Constitution. North Carolina residents and voting-rights organizations challenging […]
Supreme Court Allows North Carolina’s Tighter Voting Rules
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to implement tighter voting rules for the midterm elections, blocking a lower-court ruling that required the state to restore same-day voter registration and count ballots cast in the wrong precinct. The high court’s action, announced in a brief written order, dealt a blow to the Justice Department […]
Rocking the Vote at Appalachian State University
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice celebrated National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) by hosting a concert and voter registration event with Rock the Vote, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, IgniteNC, and the Watauga County NAACP at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The concert was one of hundreds of simultaneous NVRD events staged throughout the […]
SCSJ's Allison Riggs discusses voter suppression on the Rachel Maddow Show
On July 29, 2013 SCSJ staff attorney Allison Riggs appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show to discuss proposed voter suppression measures in North Carolina and throughout the U.S. Below is Allison’s interview with guest host Melissa Harris Perry. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Please help fund SCSJ’s voting […]
Changes to unemployment insurance harm jobless workers and economy
Cuts to unemployment insurance in North Carolina have made it harder for jobless workers to support their families and make ends meet in an economy with simply too few jobs to go around, according to a report released this morning by the North Carolina Justice Center. The recent decline in unemployment has been largely due […]
NC redistricting foes again seek to remove Newby
(NOTE: SCSJ represents nonpartisan civil rights plaintiff groups in this lawsuit) By GARY D. ROBERTSON — Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Opponents of the new boundaries for North Carolina General Assembly and congressional seats are again asking the state Supreme Court to force an associate justice to recuse himself from coming arguments on the maps’ […]