VOTING RIGHTS

Fighting for Fair Representation

Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s (SCSJ) Voting Rights Program supports marginalized communities in fighting for their right to responsive representation — elected officials of their choosing who are accountable and committed to advancing their interests.

NC voters stand outside the Wake County courthouse to demonstrate their opposition to Griffin's election protest.

Our Work

Our work seeks to ensure communities can advocate for policies, procedures, and districts that provide them an equal opportunity to have their voices and votes counted.

Election Protection

We focus on ensuring access to the ballot and monitoring initiatives aimed at limiting that access.

Combat Voter Suppression

We are committed to reducing barriers to the ballot box and making the freedom to vote safe and accessible.

Redistricting & Fair Districts

We continue to fight for racially equitable redistricting maps at all levels of government through litigation, community advocacy, and education.

SOLVE: Building Community Power

The SOLVE Network is a regional network of grassroots community organizations and advocates aiming to improve voting rights.

How We Advance Voting Rights

SCSJ’s election administration work and policy advocacy focuses on protecting access to the ballot and monitoring legislative initiatives aimed at requiring photo ID at the polls, restricting voter registration, or otherwise disenfranchising voters.

Voting Rights News

Voting Rights

Voters, Civil Rights Groups Seek to Intervene in NC Voting Case Brought by DOJ

NEW BERN, N.C. (June 17, 2025) — A group of North Carolinians, along with a coalition of nonpartisan voting and civil rights organizations, are seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit that wrongly challenges the eligibility of more than 200,000 voters by claiming their registration records are incomplete. Individual North Carolina voters Amy Grace Bryant,…

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Voting Rights

‘Election Integrity’ Activists at Heart of 2023 Omnibus Election Bill, Evidence Shows  

RALEIGH, N.C. (May 13, 2025) — North Carolina legislators are yet again trying to conceal the role of “election integrity” advocates Cleta Mitchell and the North Carolina Election Integrity Team (NCEIT) in the passage of Senate Bill 747 (SB 747) — an omnibus election bill from 2023 that increased barriers to voting and targeted same-day…

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Youth voters would be harshly impacted by SB 747.

Voting Rights Cases

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VOTING RIGHTS

Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

SCSJ and a coalition of civil rights groups called upon the U.S. Supreme Court as amici curiae to affirm that South Carolina’s congressional map is racially gerrymandered, in violation of the 14th Amendment.

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VOTING RIGHTS

Petteway v. Galveston County

SCSJ filed a challenge to the Galveston County Commissioners' 2021 precinct map in April 2022 on behalf of three local NAACP branches, the local Galveston LULAC Council 151, and three Black and Latino voters, in partnership with co-counsel from Texas Civil Rights Project and Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

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VOTING RIGHTS

Democracy N.C. v. Hirsch

SCSJ brought this challenge in 2023 to new restrictions on Same-Day Registration in North Carolina on behalf of three voting non-profits with assistance from co-counsel Steptoe LLP.

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