August 17, 2014

Federal judge refuses to block Racist North Carolina voter law

August 17, 2014/ Tron Nick

A judge for the US District Court Middle District of North Carolina [official website] on Friday rejected [opinion, PDF] preliminary relief in the form of an injunction against a new voter law [HB 589, PDF] in North Carolina. The law will require voters to show a picture ID at the polls by 2016, but other changes are already in effect and were at issue in the case, including a seven-day reduction of the state's early-voting period; the elimination of registration and voting on the same day during early voting; a ban on provisional ballots and a program that allowed 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register in anticipation of coming elections. The legislation followed a 2013 Supreme Court ruling [JURIST report] that struck down Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act [text].

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