VOTING RIGHTS

Improving Access to Voting

SCSJ’s approach to election administration and protection ensures full access to the ballot and dismantles barriers to the vote. 

Election Administration & Protection

Election Protection Efforts

We firmly believe that election protection and administration work must be year-round efforts every year, not just in federal election years. Maintaining this continuity makes it easier to identify and respond to voting problems early, create a network of engaged advocates, and build a better record for litigation. The ultimate goal is to specifically ensure that voters of color, historically disenfranchised voters, and, more generally, all voters in the South can elect their preferred candidates freely and safely.

Election Administration & Protection Resources

Public Data Suggests 25% of Alleged “Never-Residents” Targeted by Judge Griffin Previously Lived in North Carolina 

25% of Alleged “Never-Residents” Targeted by Griffin Lived in N.C.

Public data suggests that 25% of the challenged “Never-Resident” voters have one or more residency indicators showing evidence of having lived in N.C.

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NC Election Protests Explainer

A few North Carolina candidates have filed election protests that seek to disqualify tens of thousands of lawful voters’ ballots from the 2024 general election.

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In-person voter challenge resource guide spread of three documents for voters and voter advocates in NC

In-Person Voter Challenges: Resource Guides

These resource guides outline how North Carolina voters and voter advocates can navigate in-person voter challenges during the 2024 general election.
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"Elections are designed to ensure self-determination for our communities — to decide how we equitably decide representation and resources."

Our Cases

SCSJ's novel approaches to impact litigation and reframing of key voting rights issues have changed the discourse about voting rights. 

Kivett v. North Carolina State Board of Elections 

SCSJ and co-counsel submitted an amicus brief at the NC Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to protect absentee military and overseas voters.

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Republican National Committee v. North Carolina State Board of Elections, et. al.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the North Carolina Republican Party filed a complaint on Sept. 12 to stop University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) students from using their digital Mobile One Cards as identification cards to vote in the 2024 election.

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Republican National Committee v. North Carolina State Board of Elections 

The NC State Conference of the NAACP and two impacted NC voters requested to intervene in a case to protect nearly a quarter of a million voters from the Republican National Committee’s and North Carolina Republican Party’s baseless attempt to force the State Board of Elections to remove them from the state’s voter rolls on the eve of the 2024 presidential election.

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Election Administration & Protection News

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

Statement on Judge Jefferson Griffin Conceding NC Supreme Court Race 

RALEIGH, N.C (May 7, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and Forward Justice have issued the following statement about Judge Jefferson Griffin’s concession of the North Carolina Supreme Court race from November that incumbent Justice Allison Riggs won.   The concession comes after a federal judge ordered the North Carolina State Board of Elections…

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Judge Jefferson Griffin in front of the the NC Supreme Court