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Civic win · Public powerNorth Carolina, USA · 2025

North Carolina Ballot Curing

After the 2024 elections, Common Cause Education Fund, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and base-building orgs in North Carolina launched a historic ballot-curing campaign when a losing candidate attempted to invalidate 60,000 provisional ballots. The coalition ran parallel tracks — organizing, litigation, and communications — simultaneously and successfully defended the election results. The campaign has since been documented as a replicable playbook for future election certification fights.

The playbook
  1. Build the infrastructure before the crisis hits. The orgs involved had existing relationships and staff capacity — they didn't scramble to find partners mid-emergency.
  2. Run three tracks at once: organizing, litigation, and public communications. Each reinforces the others.
  3. Move in hours, not days. Election certification windows are short and courts move fast.
  4. Document the playbook in real time, not after. Future campaigns need it immediately, not six months later.
SourceMovement Voter Fund 2025 Recap Source
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