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Common Cause NC applauds proposed constitutional amendment on right to access public records
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NC legislature’s removal of safeguard for absentee ballots disenfranchised hundreds of voters in 2024 primary election
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Officials remind residents of important deadlines before presidential primary election
“We’re currently holding a series of community education events all around the states to talk about the new election laws that were passed," said Tyler Daye with Common Cause North Carolina.
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Are Black voters in North Carolina at risk with redistricting maps under litigation?
NAACP, Common Cause and NC voters sue Republican legislatures for racially gerrymandered maps
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Not just president, governor: NC’s 2024 elections to bring high stakes, broad political turnover
The state Supreme Court race is as important as the governors' race to the future of this state, if not more,” said Gino Nuzolillo, an organizer with Common Cause North Carolina, a group that advocates for anti-gerrymandering and ethics reforms. “It should get way more attention.”
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North Carolina lawmakers targeted Black voting districts with ‘surgical precision,’ new lawsuit against maps claims
Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, said, "North Carolina legislators have imposed discriminatory voting maps that outrageously attack the rights of Black North Carolinians. Sadly, racist gerrymandering once again plagues our state and harms voters. We must defeat it. Our voting districts don’t belong to politicians; our districts belong to the people. We must have voting maps that are free from racist gerrymandering and that respect the freedom of all voters."
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Voting rights groups file sweeping lawsuit against NC redistricting plans
The suit by the state NAACP, Common Cause and eight Black voters says that the election districts violate the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. constitutional amendments that prohibit racial discrimination.
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Black North Carolinians, voting rights groups file lawsuit against racially discriminatory NC electoral maps
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Voting rights groups find new photo ID law caused trouble for voters and county officials
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VIDEO: NC voting rights groups speak out against the legislature’s discriminatory gerrymandering and the harmful impact on North Carolinians
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GOP district maps approved on party lines for 2024 and beyond
"We know that all voters deserve to have their vote count equally and that is not what these maps do, and it is clear that that was not the intent of the legislative leadership," said Ann Webb, policy director for Common Cause North Carolina, a government watchdog group.
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NC General Assembly approve new district maps for congressional, state elections
“The only path forward for redistricting in North Carolina is for an independent citizens commission to take the power out of the hands of politicians and put it back with the people,” said Tyler Daye with Common Cause North Carolina during a rally against the maps.