A federal judge is set to block a North Carolina voter ID mandate scheduled to begin in 2020.
Voter ID was actually carried out in North Carolina's 2016 primary elections as the result of a 2013 law. But a federal appeals court struck down several portions of the law in July 2016, saying photo ID and other voting restrictions were approved with intentional racial discrimination in mind.
Lawyers for the state and local NAACP chapters told Biggs in a court brief that the latest version of voter ID is a"barely disguised duplicate” of the 2013 voter ID law and"carries the same discriminatory intent as its predecessor," likely violating the U.S. Constitution. The actual reasons for Biggs issuing the injunction — and whether the legislature could pass a law altering the rules to resolve her concerns — won't be known until the formal order is released.
Republican House Speaker Tim Moore of Cleveland County criticized the notice Friday as a"last-minute attempt by an activist federal judge to overturn the will of North Carolina voters." He said the ruling should be"immediately appealed" by the State Board of Elections, which is a defendant in the case. The board is composed of three Democrats and two Republicans, all appointed by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
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