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.
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.
SCSJ believes voting rights secure the voices of people of color in critical decisions that affect local communities and that have the potential to create progressive social change. We provide counsel to local community groups regarding redistricting, and we speak on behalf of clients at local town hall meetings and legislative committees.
Voting Rights News
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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‘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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Voting Rights Cases
