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Voter ID

August 26, 2016

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 […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  black voters,  early voting,  North Carolina,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting,  voting rights,  voting rights rollbacks

July 18, 2016

Alberta Currie

Meet Alberta Currie, the lead plaintiff in SCSJ’s litigation challenging North Carolina’s strict Voter ID requirement. Voting is a matter of pride for Alberta Currie. Since the age of 21 in 1956, she consistently has voted in every election. It was her grandmother who instilled in her the importance of never missing a voting day. […]

Category iconRecent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconAlberta Currie,  Jim Crow,  Uncategorized,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights

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

January 30, 2015

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 […]

Category iconRecent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconA. Philip Randolph Institute,  Lea,  North Carolina,  photo ID,  state court,  Voter ID

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

September 1, 2014

State asks court to deny appeal of ruling on voting law

This news piece is in response to the request by SCSJ, on behalf of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, to reverse the August 8 2014 ruling that denied a request to put North Carolina’s strict new voting laws on hold until a full trial can be held on whether the laws are […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconLeague of Women Voters,  Voter ID,  voting rights

August 8, 2014

5 things more frequent than voter fraud

According to recently released results from an ongoing survey, there have been just 31 instances of in-person voter fraud since 2000. It’s official: UFO Sightings Are More Common. In an effort to highlight the absurdity inherent in voter fraud claims, we compiled this list of things that you’re more likely to see. 1. Vladimir Putin’s publicity stunts : 41* […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconJack and Rose,  Putin,  Putin on a horse,  Roxanne,  Sting,  The Police,  Titanic,  vending machine death,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights

August 8, 2014

New ruling in NC voting rights case

Late on Friday, August 8th, Federal District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder issued a ruling in the lawsuit SCSJ and others are pursuing to stop the sweeping and harmful election law changes that the North Carolina General Assembly put into effect last year.  You can read the 125-page opinion here.   This is a partial victory […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconearly voting,  NC League of Women Voters,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting rights

August 6, 2014

VRA anniversary leaves little to celebrate

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law forty-nine years ago, seeking to effectively extend the franchise in-full to black Americans. Although its initial enforcement at state and local levels often ranged from the superficial to the entirely absent, that historic legislation served as the foundation for subsequent civil rights suits that forced governments to […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconSarah Moncelle,  Voter ID,  Voting Rights Act,  VRA,  Xan McKnight

July 31, 2014

Voter Suppression: The Same Old Strategy

SCSJ recently represented the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, the A. Philip Randolph Institute, and other plaintiffs in a federal hearing requesting a preliminary injunction to stop North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law. At this time we are waiting to hear back from the court on whether or not the law will be […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconVoter ID,  voter suppression

July 17, 2014

Allison Riggs Discusses Voter ID on All Things Considered

Fate Of The New N.C. Voter ID Law Now Rests In A Judge’s Hands by Jeff Tiberii | July 11, 2014 — 2:23 PM North Carolina’s voter ID law has come under fire in the courts, challenged by lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice, the NAACP and voting rights groups. A judge will decide […]

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconAll Things Considered,  Allison Riggs,  Melissa Block,  Rick Hasen,  Voter ID,  voter suppression

July 11, 2014

SCSJ Opposes Voter Suppression in Federal Court

Attorneys from the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, and the ACLU of North Carolina appeared in federal court this week to argue for a preliminary injunction that would prevent North Carolina from enforcing its voter suppression bill, H.B. 589, during the November 2014 election. The hearing included testimony from North […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  early voting,  League of Women Voters,  Voter ID,  voter suppression,  voting,  voting rights

May 16, 2014

NC Voting Rights: Judge says NC lawmakers can't ignore subpoenas

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal trial judge declined Thursday to side with North Carolina lawmakers who believe they are not required to provide documents to groups seeking answers about how a disputed elections-overhaul law was passed. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder upheld the March decision of a magistrate judge who told General […]

Category iconUncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconACLU,  Allison Riggs,  Gary D. Robertson,  monster voter bill,  NC League of Women Voters,  Voter ID,  voter suppression

May 8, 2014

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 […]

Category iconVoting Rights Tag iconAllison Riggs,  Media,  Melissa Harris Perry,  North Carolina,  poll watchers,  poll watching,  Rachel Maddow,  TRMS,  Voter ID,  voting,  voting rights

May 5, 2014

Give Local America lets you help SCSJ TWICE as much!

You support social justice issues like voting rights, criminal justice reform, environmental justice, and human rights – and you’re not alone! We do too. Right now there’s something you can do about it. From now until May 16, your social justice dollars go twice as far! We know you care about social justice. When you […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconcriminal justice reform,  donations doubled,  Give Local America,  marijuana possession,  matching grant,  Voter ID,  voting rights

April 4, 2014

Attorney: NC photo ID wouldn't stop 2-state voting

Attorney: NC photo ID wouldn’t stop 2-state voting By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press April 3, 2014 RALEIGH, N.C. — Data suggesting potential voter fraud in North Carolina’s 2012 elections still don’t justify wide-ranging and restrictive changes approved by Republicans last year that are now the focus of court challenges, voting rights advocates said Thursday. […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag icon2-state voting,  Anita Earls,  Legislative Black Caucus,  photo ID,  Reverend Barber,  Voter ID

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