Subject: Re: Court Declines to Overturn North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law: Groups to Appeal Decision
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:20:26 +0000

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On Apr 25, 2016, at 10:09 PM, Elias, Marc (Perkins Coie) <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Yes.  We are appealing and should win at the 4th circuit

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Can we put out a statement?

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From: Jennifer Farmer <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: April 25, 2016 at 10:01:39 PM EDT
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Subject: Court Declines to Overturn North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law: Groups to Appeal Decision
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                     Contact: Jennifer Farmer, 202-487-0967

April 25, 2016                                                                                           Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

Court Declines to Overturn North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression Law: Groups to Appeal Decision

RALEIGH, NC – Today the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled that H.B. 589, a monster voter suppression law, does not violate the Voting Rights Act or the Fourteenth, Fifteenth or Twenty-Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The court chose instead to uphold a restrictive and discriminatory measure, which has already significantly burdened voters of color in the state. We intend to seek relief for provisions including the expansion of voter challenges, the elimination of same-day registration, the rollback of a week of early voting, a ban on the use of out of precinct provisional ballots, the removal of a successful preregistration program for 16- and 17-year-olds and a restrictive photo ID requirement. The current injunction on the law’s proscriptions of same day registration and out of precinct voting – which has been in place since 2015, will remain in effect until June. Advancement Project, along with co-counsel from Kirkland & Ellis, LLP and attorneys Irving Joyner and Adam Stein, challenged H.B. 589 on behalf of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The groups will hold a media conference call on Tuesday, April 26 at 11:30 am EST to discuss the decision, and conference call details are forthcoming. A partial statement is outlined below:

“The continuation of H.B. 589’s restrictive provisions is an affront to democracy, and we intend to appeal the decision,” said the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement. “Through widespread actions, rallies, marches and protests, we have said all along that we would accept no less than unabridged access to the ballot for all eligible voters. Just like those who carried on before us, we will continue our movement challenging regressive and discriminatory voter suppression tactics on behalf of African Americans, Latinos, seniors, students and all those for whom democracy has been denied.”

“In abridging voting rights for African Americans and Latinos, H.B. 589 turns back the clock to our nation’s terrible Jim Crow past,” said Advancement Project Co-Director Penda D. Hair. “In a democracy, voting should be free, fair and accessible for all eligible voters. H.B. 589 tactically targets the provisions that once made North Carolina among the states with the highest turnout in the nation. This progress was especially clear among African-American and Latino voters, who came to rely on measures like early voting, same-day registration and out of precinct provisional ballots to ensure their voices were heard. By specifically targeting the very measures that were most used by people of color – in addition to imposing a restrictive photo ID requirement – the legislature sought to disturb the levers of power in North Carolina. This fight is not over. This is just one step in a legal battle that is going to continue in the courts to ensure that the Voting Rights Act protects voters against discriminatory voting measures like H.B. 589.”

“The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals understood the ways in which H.B. 589 would impact voters of color in North Carolina, and previously enjoined portions of this law,” said Advancement Project Senior Attorney Denise Lieberman. “Now with even more evidence of the measure’s discriminatory impact on voters of color, we intend to once again take our case to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.”

“North Carolina’s suppressive voting law was exactly the type of regulation that the Voting Rights Act was written to combat,” said Advancement Project Senior Attorney Donita Judge. “Had this law been subjected to federal preclearance, it simply never could have passed. Now, countless voters, especially voters of color, are at risk of losing their voice in our elections. This is unacceptable in a democracy.”

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Advancement Project is a multi-racial civil rights organization. Founded by a team of veteran civil rights lawyers in 1999, Advancement Project was created to develop and inspire community-based solutions based on the same high quality legal analysis and public education campaigns that produced the landmark civil rights victories of earlier eras.

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