voting rights Archive
WINTERVILLE, N.C. – Mr. Ricky Hines won a seat on the Winterville Town Council in November’s election. However, at the urging of the staff of the N.C. State Board of Elections staff, the Pitt County Board of Elections uncertified the …
WINTERVILLE, N.C. – Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway decided from the bench on Friday, December 29, 2017, that the Pitt County Board of Elections exceeded its power when it revoked the 2017 Winterville Town Council election certification. The …
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued an opinion today in Perez v. Abbott, a case challenging Texas’ 2013 statewide redistricting plan, finding that the same racial and ethnic discrimination that existed …
DURHAM, N.C. – The plaintiffs in Covington v. North Carolina submitted alternative redistricting plans earlier today to the legislative committees in charge of the redistricting process. Attorneys for the plaintiffs also submitted a letter to members of the House and …
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. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion affirming a lower court’s ruling in Cooper v. Harris earlier today, holding that race predominated without justification in two of North Carolina’s U.S. Congressional Districts as drawn in 2011. It …
DURHAM, N.C. – Anita Earls, Executive Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order creating a commission to investigate unfounded claims of voter fraud in American elections: “The integrity …