FEDERAL MAGISTRATE DECLARES NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATORS DO NOT HAVE BLANKET IMMUNITY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                     Contact: Jennifer Farmer, 202-487-0967

March 28, 2014                                               Email: jfarmer@advancementproject.org

FEDERAL MAGISTRATE DECLARES NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATORS DO NOT HAVE BLANKET IMMUNITY TO CONCEAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO VOTER SUPPRESSION MEASURE, WHICH STANDS TO BLOCK MILLIONS FROM THE POLLS

Magistrate's Order Means Legislators Cannot Throw Rocks, Then Hide their Hands

RALEIGH, NC - Yesterday, U.S. Magistrate J. Elizabeth Peake declared North Carolina lawmakers could not assert blanket legislative privilege to conceal their communications and motives for passing the most discriminatory and regressive voter suppression law in the country. The North Carolina NAACP State Conference, which is represented by lawyers with the national civil-rights group Advancement Project, as well as North Carolina Attorney Irv Joyner and others, issued the following statement in response:

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UNC Center for Civil Rights to Hold a National Commission on Voting Rights Fact-Finding Hearing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 26, 2014

For more information: Atty. Jamie Phillips Cole, Public Policy Coordinator, 919.682.4700

Sarah Bufkin, Media Coordinator, 404.285.3413

The NC NAACP and the Forward Together Moral Movement Join with the Lawyers' Committee and the UNC Center for Civil Rights to Hold a National Commission on Voting Rights Fact-Finding Hearing March 28 to Examine North Carolina's Voting Rights Record

Friday, March 28, 2014

9 am - 5:30 pm

OIC of Rocky Mount

402 East Virginia St., Rocky Mount, NC 27802

ROCKY MOUNT - To further understand and document instances of voter suppression and inequities in electoral administration, the North Carolina NAACP, the UNC Center for Civil Rights, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and other coalition partners will organize a National Commission on Voting Rights fact-finding hearing on Friday, March 28 in Rocky Mount, NC. Advocates for simplified, unfettered voting, community leaders, voters, scholars and NAACP members from across the state will testify about voter discrimination and election administration issues in North Carolina.

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5th Annual International Night & Potluck Dinner

https://www.facebook.com/events/234049516718661/235074163282863

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National Commission on Voting Rights

- Fact-Finding Hearing-

Friday, March 28

9 am - 5:30 pm

OIC of Rocky Mount

402 East Virginia St.

Rocky Mount, NC 27802

Last year, extremists in the General Assembly passed HB 589, a blatant attempt to suppress the vote of minorities, the poor, women, students and the elderly.

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Tillis Claim the Liberal media is distorting his Records

From Tillis Facebook page,

The liberal media, national Democrats, and my political opponents continue to launch false attacks and distortions of my conservative record to try to slow down our building momentum. Please be sure to sign up here and learn the facts without the media filter: http://thomtillis.com/learn-the-facts-without-the-media-filter/

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His Voting Record,

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GetEqual Statement on the Passing of Fred Phelps Sr.

For Immediate Release: March 20, 2014

Media Contact: Heather Cronk, heather@getequal.org, 202-491-7240

GetEQUAL Statement on Passing of Fred Phelps, Sr.

WASHINGTON, DC — Early this morning, Fred Phelps Sr., founder of Westboro Baptist Church, died in hospice care. GetEQUAL — a national social justice organization working toward the full equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Americans — issued the following statement in response to this news:

Fred Phelps Sr. passed away this morning, and we lift up his humanity especially as we know that his family is grieving his loss. Mr. Phelps caused very real pain and trauma for thousands of Americans, especially for those in the LGBTQ community but also for the families of fallen service members. It is our hope that those hurt by his words and actions will find healing. It is our hope that his family will one day find space in their hearts to recognize the humanity of LGBTQ individuals. And it is our hope that people across the United States commit or re-commit themselves to working toward equality and justice for all as a lasting legacy of Mr. Phelps’ life.

There will always be those who are so in pain themselves that they feel compelled to inflict pain on others. We re-commit ourselves today to loving those who hate us. We re-commit ourselves today to seeing the humanity in those who cannot or will not see it in us. And we re-commit ourselves today to working toward an America that is free of that pain — an America in which LGBTQ folks can live and love openly. On this day, we stand with our LGBTQ sisters and brothers across the country to say, with certainty, that we see that day over the horizon and that we will work until our hands bleed to bring about that day with a deep and abiding urgency.

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Burr, Casey: Leaders Reid and McConnell Sign On As Cosponsors of ABLE Act

March 24, 2014 - 5:06 PM

 

Senate Leaders sign on, greatly increasing the chance for passage

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Bob Casey (D-PA) announced that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have cosponsored their bill, the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE Act – S. 313/H.R. 647).  This legislation would provide an improved quality of life for individuals with disabilities through tax-advantaged savings accounts. The legislation now has the support of 68 Senators and 345 members of the House, making it one of the most widely supported bills in all of Congress. Having leaders Reid and McConnell back this bill adds to the growing momentum to pass the legislation this year.

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Ken Spaulding for NC Governor

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