RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges struck down the state’s latest photo voter identification law on Friday, agreeing with minority voters that Republicans rammed through rules tainted by racial bias as a way to remain in power. Two of ...
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Read More »By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s latest law requiring photo identification to cast ballots went on trial on Monday, with attorneys for voters challenging the mandate by arguing it still disproportionately prevents Black residents from ...
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Read More »RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina civil rights leaders are threatening to sue the state over a recently passed law that allows mostly white communities near Charlotte to create their own charter schools and a potential new voter ID law. “Legislating state-sponsored ...
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Read More »RALEIGH (AP) Republicans are poised again to advance a photo identification requirement to vote in North Carolina, despite their previous attempt getting struck down by federal judges. House Speaker Tim Moore and other GOP representatives filed June 7 a proposed amendment to ...
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Read More »Lee v. Virginia State Board of Elections (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-179-16, 37 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 16-1605, Dec. 13, 2016; USDC at Richmond, Va. (Hudson, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit upholds Virginia’s voter-ID law, which requires voters to ...
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Read More »RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawyers who challenged North Carolina’s voter identification law in state court say their case should continue even though the legislature added exceptions to the mandate a couple months ago. George Eppsteiner is representing groups and voters who ...
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Read More »The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Wisconsin's voter identification law, after having blocked the state from requiring photo IDs in November's general election.
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Read More »Advocacy groups are asking a federal judge to put key provisions of North Carolina's elections-overhaul law on hold for the November elections.
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Read More »In elections that begin next week, voters in 10 states will be required to present photo identification before casting ballots — the first major test of voter ID laws after years of legal challenges arguing that the measures are designed to suppress voting.
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Read More »Civil rights groups, churches and voters suing over North Carolina's elections overhaul law now formally allege the changes will disproportionately affect Latino voters as well as black citizens.
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