Federal appeals court skeptical of North Carolina voting restrictions
Source: USA Today
RICHMOND, Va. — Wide-ranging restrictions on voting in North Carolina came under attack as racially discriminatory in a federal appeals court Tuesday, with one judge saying the legislature's rush to impose limits after getting a green light from the Supreme Court "looks pretty bad to me."
The law is the most expansive of any passed after the high court's 5-4 ruling in 2013 freed mostly Southern states from needing federal approval before changing their election procedures. It could affect the presidential race in the politically balanced state this fall, along with laws and election procedures in Arizona, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
Seventeen states have new voting procedures in place for the November election, more than half of which are being challenged in court. Many require voters to show photo identification, such as a strict law in Texas that opponents say could leave up to 600,000 voters without the proper ID. Others, such as the North Carolina law that led to long lines in March's primary, also target rules for registering, early voting and provisional voting.
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Courts may play pivotal role on voting rights in 2016 election
A three-judge panel that heard oral arguments Tuesday has only weeks to issue a ruling in the case before the state's timetable for the fall elections could be impacted. Texas is in a similar boat — the Supreme Court has invited voting rights advocates to seek a delay in that state's photo ID requirement, previously struck down as racially discriminatory by two federal courts, if an appeals court does not rule by mid-July.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/21/federal-appeals-court-north-carolina-voting-restrictions/86177840/
I hope the new ID requirements are found to be discriminatory...
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