@notredame; @harvard_law. Senior Voting Rights Counsel and Litigation Manager at @forward_justice in Durham, NC. #blacklivesmatter *Opinions are my own.*
🚨Emergency press conference🚨Thursday (10/23) in Raleigh to announce legal challenges, nonviolent actions, and a new Mass Moral Fusion campaign to confront extreme gerrymandering and defend the right to vote in NC. https://t.co/Ne7fVVDIPU
These maps do not reflect the will of the voters and are a direct attack on the Black voters of CD1 who have elected a Black representative consistently since 1992. https://t.co/ikSjyGzV7n #ncpol#gerrymandering#northcarolinalegislature
Cabarrus County 🗣 Join us in Kannapolis this Saturday for our first 'Protect Our Vote NC' event in your area!
Come learn more about your rights at the polls and how we can mobilize for more equitable voting policies. #ProtectOurVoteNC
While the tragic events in Charlotte that prompted HB307 deserve a serious response, this bill takes our state in the wrong direction—toward more incarceration, higher costs, and diminished fairness—without addressing the real causes of the problem. 🧵
🗳️📢🗳️We joined a powerful coalition of NC voting rights groups to issue a statement on the Trump administration's recent executive order on elections.
https://t.co/jiz4dqYaDs
🧵To those fighting against the inhumane carceral system and in need of good news, we are pleased to share another step towards justice for our beloved brother, Q.B., of West Virginia!
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There’s just a few weeks to go until #ElectionDay2024! Have you made your voting plan yet? There are 3 ways to vote in NC: Voting early, voting in person on election day, or requesting + returning an absentee ballot! Make your plan today at https://t.co/wfJ8HFaQ4H. @youcanvotenc
NC voters, check out our NC photo voter ID explainer video!
We want YOU to know that you can vote in this upcoming election if you don’t have an acceptable ID, or you don’t have it with you at the polls.
Learn more at https://t.co/X8WDZ6DQCu.
Join us this Saturday for the Protect Our Vote tour stop in Burlington, NC! Learn more about the POV NC campaign that is designed to ensure that Black and brown voters, and voters in rural areas, are protected and informed during elections. Food will be provided!
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted an emergency stay, keeping Louisiana’s congressional map with two majority-Black districts in effect for the 2024 election. Louisiana’s previous map with only one majority-Black district violated the Voting Rights Act.
This is a victory for voting rights.
@DemocracyDocket “[Kat] Roblez said the NAACP will present data showing Black and Latino voters are more than twice as likely to lack a qualifying ID with a photo than white voters.”
Learn more about our challenge to NC’s discriminatory photo voter ID law ➡️ https://t.co/gUYyyW4EZx
🎉Great news for voting rights in NC! A unanimous three-judge Superior Court panel ruled proposed changes to the State Board of Elections unconstitutional.
https://t.co/ghFBxWRFta
So proud to attend the Moral March on Raleigh with @BRepairers@NC_PPC - we stood up to tell our politicians that they must protect poor and low wage North Carolinians, protect a woman’s right to choose, protect LGBTQIA youth, raise the minimum wage, and fully fund public schools
#ICYMI our lawsuit against discriminatory photo voter ID in NC is going to trial, our second chance voter hotline is up and running, and our #ProtectOurVoteNC team is putting in the work! We will not stop fighting fearlessly for free and fair access to the ballot box. Join us!
Please join us for an amazing evening with a cocktail hour, dinner, a DJ, a silent auction and a keynote speaker to celebrate all we’ve accomplished and to vision for what is to come! Link for tickets is below - buy now to get the early bird price! 💃🍾🎉
✨Through an undeniably historic atmosphere, the Resistance, Revival, and Resurgence Gala will feature a cocktail hour, auction, performances, guest speakers, and dinner.
Secure your early bird ticket of 25% off today ➡️ https://t.co/uSNcU4izLd