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Voting Rights

Common Cause Asks NC Supreme Court to Dismiss ‘Frivolous’ Petition to Rehear Partisan Gerrymandering Case 

RALEIGH, N.C. — Common Cause North Carolina has asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to dismiss Republican lawmakers’ frivolous attempt to reverse prior redistricting decisions…

Voting Rights

Republican Legislators Petition NC Supreme Court to Toss Precedent, Rehear Voting Rights Cases Involving Discrimination Against Black Voters 

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republican lawmakers are wasting no time trying to use the recently-flipped state Supreme Court to their advantage — they filed…

Voting Rights

North Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Gamesmanship in Latest Redistricting Opinion 

RALEIGH, N.C. — On Friday, the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the General Assembly’s remedial Senate map, which was used in the 2022 general…

Voting Rights

MEDIA ADVISORY: Common Cause, SCSJ, to Co-Host Pre-Moore v. Harper Rally, Post-Argument Press Conference

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Common Cause and Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) will host a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court beginning at 9:30 a.m.…

Voting Rights

Common Cause, SCSJ File Moore v. Harper Respondents’ Brief Upholding Checks and Balances in Nation’s Elections

The Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments in the major voting rights case on December 7, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2022 Washington,…

Voting Rights

Supreme Court Takes N.C. Case Threatening Future of Voting Rights 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court decided on June 30, 2022, it will hear oral arguments during the October 2022 term…

Voting Rights

Voting Rights Groups Challenge Cobb County School Board Map Denying Equal Representation to Voters of Color

Cobb County School Board and Board of Elections Maps Unconstitutionally “Pack” Voters of Color into 3 Districts, Denying Black and Latinx Communities’ Opportunity for Full…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Common Cause Repudiate NC Lawmakers’ Attempts to Entrench Partisan Power

Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2022) — A state legislature cannot make elections and voting rules with impunity, according to a new filing which asks the…

Voting Rights

Southern Coalition for Social Justice Responds to Legislature’s Attack on State Judiciary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2022 In response to a Friday afternoon emergency application to the United States Supreme Court from the North Carolina General Assembly,…

Voting Rights

BREAKING: SCSJ, Common Cause Appeal Unconstitutional NC State Legislative Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Feb. 23, 2022 Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 23, 2022) —  The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, on behalf of plaintiff Common Cause NC,…

Voting Rights

SCSJ, Common Cause Respond to Discriminatory Remedial Maps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 21, 2022 Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 21, 2022) — In a court filing Monday, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, on behalf of…

Voting Rights

SCSJ Responds to “Historic Victory” In NC Supreme Court Redistricting Opinion

Raleigh, N.C. (Feb. 14, 2022) — The North Carolina Supreme Court released its full opinion in the case Harper et. al. v. Hall et. al. Monday,…