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The North Carolina Supreme Court is revisiting this week whether a previous combination of justices got it wrong three months ago when declaring that the legislature produced illegal district lines tainted by excess partisanship and a photo voter identification law infected with racial bias.
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The justices ruled 4-3 — with registered Democrats in the majority — that oral arguments over the constitutionality of a 2018 voter ID law will be held next month. Friday's order grants a request by minority voters who sued to overturn the law approved by the General Assembly.
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North Carolina’s highest court opened the door Friday to nullifying a voter ID mandate approved by citizens in 2018 because the lawmakers who put it on the ballot were elected from districts tainted by illegal racial bias.
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The Supreme Court is giving Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win in an ongoing fight over the state’s latest photo identification voting law. The 8-1 decision Thursday doesn’t end the more than three-year dispute over the voter ID law, which is not currently in effect and has been challenged in both state and federal court.
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North Carolina's state and local elections workers are grappling with partisan mistrust rooted in 2020 election lies.
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Justices held oral arguments Monday examining a lawsuit that alleges the legislature was barred from placing constitutional amendments on the ballot because lawmakers who agreed to do so were elected with the help of distorted district boundaries.
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Republican-backed elections bills aim to curb voter access, say Democrats and civil rights groups.
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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.
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A federal appeals court has ruled a judge didn't step over the line when she refused to let North Carolina's legislative leaders formally defend the state's photo identification voting law with other state government attorneys.
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A trial on North Carolina's latest photo voter identification law has ended after three weeks with no immediate ruling.