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September 30, 2019

SCSJ Represents Democracy North Carolina in Amicus Brief Urging State Court to Reject State’s Proposed Remedy Maps

Late Friday, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice submitted an amicus brief on behalf of Democracy North Carolina urging a three-judge state court panel in Common Cause v. Lewis to reject the “remedial” State Senate and House redistricting plans enacted by the General Assembly a little over a week ago. SCSJ and Democracy NC argued that those plans fail to eliminate the partisan bias that led the court to invalidate the prior plans as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Uncategorized,  Voting Rights Tag iconDemocracy NC,  gerrymandering,  remedial maps,  voting rights

July 31, 2017

North Carolina’s Middle Court Orders New Legislative Maps Drawn by September 1

Greensboro, N.C. — A panel of three federal court judges has ordered the North Carolina General Assembly to redraw legislative maps by September 1, 2017 in order to remedy the unconstitutional and racially gerrymandered districts found in the Covington v. North Carolina case.  Legislative leaders had requested until November 15 to enact new maps, despite […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag icongerrymandering,  racial gerrymandering,  voting rights

June 5, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms that North Carolina Racially Gerrymandered State Legislative Districts

North Carolina’s federal Middle District Court will consider when new districts are to be drawn and elections to be held WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court summarily affirmed a lower court’s decision in Covington v. North Carolina that 28 of North Carolina’s state legislative districts are racial gerrymanders. The decision was issued “per curiam” […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconvoting rights

April 20, 2017

Report shows Same-Day Registration enabled voter access across the board

[av_textblock size=’12’ font_color=” color=”] DURHAM, N.C. On April 21, the U.S. Supreme Court is slated to consider whether or not is will hear an appeal to a lower court’s ruling that found North Carolina’s 2013 voter suppression law “targeted African-American voters with almost surgical precision.” This is the fourth time the appeal has been scheduled […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconvoting,  voting rights

November 8, 2016

Election Information for Southern States

Election Day has arrived!  Here are the times polls are open in states across the South and links to where you can find your polling place: North Carolina: Polls are open 6:30 am – 7:30 pm. Find your polling place at http://vt.ncsbe.gov/pollingplace_search/ Virginia: Polls are open 6:00 am – 7:00 pm . Find your polling […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconelection,  voting,  voting rights

September 15, 2016

SCSJ Files Amicus Brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in Virginia’s Racial Gerrymandering Case

September 15, 2016     Amicus Brief Filed at the U.S. Supreme Court in Virginia’s Racial Gerrymandering Case Race was a factor when lawmaker drew legislative districts WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed an amicus brief yesterday afternoon in support of plaintiffs in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections. In […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag icongerrymandering,  virginia,  voting rights

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

August 11, 2016

Federal judges order NC to redraw racially gerrymandered legislative districts

  DURHAM, N.C. — Voters and voting rights advocates won a major court victory today in North Carolina, where three federal judges unanimously found that 28 of the state’s legislative districts are racially gerrymandered and must be redrawn after the November 2016 election. The three-judge court in the Middle District of North Carolina found that […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag icongerrymandering,  racial gerrymandering,  voter suppression,  voting,  voting rights

August 9, 2016

Judge orders remedial actions in Wake County redistricting case

Raleigh, NC — This morning, August 9, a judge overseeing the Wake County redistricting case ordered a series of actions to resolve the unconstitutional redistricting for the Wake County Board of Commissioners and the Wake County School Board. The following is the list of actions to correct the situation, as ordered by the judge. County […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag icongerrymandering,  voter suppression,  voting,  voting maps,  voting rights

July 27, 2016

Court will not reconsider unconstitutional election map ruling in Wake County

Durham, NC — On July 26, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied the petition for rehearing en banc filed by the Wake County Board of Elections in litigation over the method of electing the School Board and County Commission. This decision means that the lower court must now implement the Fourth Circuit’s […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconredistricting,  voting,  voting rights

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

July 5, 2016

VA NAACP asks VA Supreme Court to uphold return of voting rights to people with prior felony convictions

Richmond, VA. —The Virginia State Conference of the NAACP filed a brief on Monday, June 27, 2016 in the Virginia Supreme Court in support of Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order restoring voting rights to more than 200,000 Virginians with previous felony convictions. Gov. McAuliffe’s Order for the Restoration of Rights, issued April 22, 2016, represents […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconDisenfranchised voter,  Mass Incarceration,  voter,  voter suppression,  Votes not counted,  voting rights

December 15, 2015

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 […]

Category iconPress Release,  Recent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconAction NC,  APRI,  Democracy NC,  Demos,  Lawyer's Committee,  Motor Voter Law,  North Carolina,  North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute,  NVRA,  Project Vote,  Southern Coalition for Social Justice,  voting rights

June 2, 2015

North Carolina Put On Lawsuit Notice Over Declining Voter Registration

This story was written by Samantha Lachman and was first published to HuffPost Politics on June 1, 2015. WASHINGTON — A slate of civil rights groups put North Carolina on notice Monday, writing in a pre-litigation letter that the state must meet its voter registration obligations or risk a lawsuit. The letter alleges that the […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconNational Voter Registration Act,  NVRA,  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

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

December 11, 2014

Votes Not Counted: Lauren'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 Lauren’s story. If you know another eligible voter whose vote has been denied, please email sarah@scsj.org. Lauren is a 26-year-old […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconDisenfranchised voter,  H.B. 589,  North Carolina Monster voting Law,  voter suppression,  Votes not counted,  voting rights

November 13, 2014

Votes Not Counted: Dale’s Story

Dale Hicks is a 38-year-old veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and Dale was forced to sit on the sidelines this election because of the law passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2013 to combat alleged voter fraud. That new law (H.B. 589) ended same day registration—the ability of voters to register (or […]

Category iconRecent News,  Voting Rights Tag iconDale's Story,  Veterans,  Votes not counted,  voting rights

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Similar to other voters who testified this week, Mr. Kearney said that under NC's last voter ID law: 👉🏾poll workers seemed confused 👉🏾he was given the wrong ballot 👉🏾he was given no instructions to cure his ballot 👉🏾his vote didn’t count This is why we fight. #NCvoterIDtrial pic.twitter.com/8nYb…

About 33 minutes ago

#NCVoterIDtrial resumed today w/ testimony from lifelong Warren Co. voter Paul Kearney who was disenfranchised in 2016 by NC's last voter ID law. Despite having “a billfold full of IDs,” Kearney, who is Black, didn't have the right ID that day. His provisional vote wasn't counted pic.twitter.com/0YoJ…

Yesterday

Following testimony from political scientist Dr. Kevin Quinn, NC voter Daniel Smith testified in day four of the #NCvoterIDtrial. Smith was disenfranchised by NC’s prior voter ID law when he attempted to vote using a temporary driver’s license after misplacing his original.

About 2 days ago

From historians to #ncga experts to election officials — this week’s testimony in the #NCvoterIDtrial has shed light on the process that led to NC’s discriminatory voter ID law and the effect of voter ID on eligible NC voters. The trial continues now: bit.ly/3uTNuVK pic.twitter.com/pPAR…

About 2 days ago

“As we saw in Georgia and we are seeing in Texas, Arizona, North Carolina and Michigan and plenty of other states, this is a coordinated, multi-pronged attack on the freedom to vote in this country” thecharlottepost.com…

About 2 days ago

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