RALEIGH (AP) — Tens of thousands of North Carolina residents convicted of felonies but whose current punishments don’t include prison time can register to vote and cast ballots, a judicial panel declared Monday. Several civil rights groups and ex-offenders who ...

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National Federation of the Blind v. Lamone, State Adm’r (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-025-16, 34 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 14-2001, Feb. 9, 2016; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Bennett, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The 4th Circuit affirms changes ordered by a Maryland ...

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — An Ohio State University professor says voters would have encountered drastically longer lines in 2012 had many of the provisions of North Carolina’s controversial election law been in effect. The Winston-Salem Journal reports Theodore Allen, a professor ...

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North Carolina's deputy senior attorney general says the state is putting together plans to comply with an appeals court ruling that restores same-day registration and counting out-of-precinct ballots for the fall election.

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North Carolina NAACP leaders are accusing Senate leader Phil Berger of unlawfully misleading potential voters watching his television ad that highlights his role passing a photo identification requirement to vote in person.

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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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A federal judge has ruled there will be no trial on North Carolina's Republican-backed voting law changes until after the 2014 elections, though she signaled motions will be considered to bar the measures from taking effect until the case is resolved.

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Gov. Pat McCrory's top legal adviser is questioning whether North Carolina's attorney general has compromised his ability to defend the state from a federal lawsuit alleging new Republican-backed voting changes are intended to suppress minority voter turnout.

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