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On October 15, 2012, Olivia Pearson helped Diewanna Robinson understand how to use an electronic voting machine at an early voting location in Douglas, Georgia. It wasn’t out of character for her. Helping community members get engaged in civic life …
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has issued a partial opinion in Perez v. Abbott, a case challenging Texas’ 2011 statewide redistricting plans, striking down several U.S. Congressional districts in the …
Federal Court Allows North Carolina Partisan Gerrymandering Case to Move Forward DURHAM, N.C. – In a unanimous ruling, a three judge panel in North Carolina in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina denied a …
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today in Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, finding that the trial court used the wrong standard when deciding that race did not predominate in the drawing of 11 of Virginia’s state …
Voters Fight Back Against Fraud Accusations Defamation lawsuit filed in Greensboro, N.C., by voters wrongfully accused of committing voter fraud
Legislative Rewrite of Judicial Elections and Election Board Composition Undermines Democratic Principles SB 4 would usurp executive powers for partisan purposes RALEIGH – State Sens. Rucho, Rabon and Tucker introduced SB 4 just hours after the legislature convened its fourth …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2016 Federal Court Orders NC Legislature to Draw New State Legislative Districts by March 15, Hold Special Elections in November 2017 DURHAM – In a unanimous ruling today, a three-judge panel in the United 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 …
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Local boards throughout North Carolina are determining how to conduct this year’s election after a federal appeals court overturned much of the state’s voter restriction law last month. The law was passed in 2013 and the court determined that it …