North Carolinas photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law
RALEIGH, N. C. (AP) — North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge rejected arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with discriminatory intent against Black and Latino voters. The decision by U. S. District Judge Loretta Biggs, who presided in spring 2024 over a non-jury trial in a lawsuit filed by the state NAACP and several local chapters, is a huge legal victory for Republican legislative leaders who passed...
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