RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Monday upheld sweeping Republicanbacked
changes to election rules, including a voter identification provision,
that civil rights groups say unfairly targeted AfricanAmericans and other
minorities. The ruling could have serious political repercussions in a state that
is closely contested in presidential elections.
The opinion, by Judge Thomas D. Schroeder of Federal District Court in
WinstonSalem, upheld the repeal of a provision that allowed people to
register and vote on the same day. It also upheld a sevenday reduction in the
early voting period; the end of preregistration, which allowed some people to
sign up before their 18th birthdays; and the repeal of a provision that allowed
for the counting of ballots cast outside voters’ home precinct.
...“North Carolina has provided legitimate state interests for its voter ID
requirement and electoral system,” Judge Schroeder said near the end of his
485page opinion. The judge, an appointee of President George W. Bush,
found that North Carolina’s system was not beyond “the mainstream of other
states.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/us/politics/federal-judge-upholds-north-carolina-voter-id-law.html?emc=edit_th_20160426&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=70251688&_r=0
I wonder how many cases of voter fraud they cited? One or two at most, if any.