Voter ID

N. Carolina justices could revive voter ID previously tossed

3:39pm March 16, 2023

A photo voter identification mandate first sought over a decade ago by North Carolina Republicans could be revived after the state Supreme Court reheard on Wednesday a case that led a different com

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger

Politics & Government

N. Carolina justices quickly revisit redistricting, voter ID

3:27pm March 13, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

The North Carolina Supreme Court is revisiting this week whether a previous combination of justices got it

Politics & Government

N. Carolina Supreme Court to rehear voter ID, redistricting

9:42am February 05, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

The new Republican majority on North Carolina's Supreme Court agreed on Friday to rehear redistricting and voter identification cases less than two months after the court's previous edition, led by Democrats, issued major opinions going against GOP legislators who had been sued.

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N. Carolina voter ID still void after Supreme Court ruling

3:09pm December 16, 2022

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

A 2018 law requiring photo identification to vote in North Carolina remains invalidated after a narrow majority on the state Supreme Court agreed Friday with a lower court decision that struck it down.

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NC Supreme Court weighs if voter ID tainted by racial bias

4:01pm October 03, 2022

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina’s long-litigated photo voter identification law was appraised at the state Supreme Court on Monday.

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NC Supreme Court to hear voter ID arguments next month

12:41pm September 12, 2022

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

The justices who are registered as Democrats agreed with attorneys for minority voters who had asked the state's highest court in July to move the case along more quickly.

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Court opens door to voiding N. Carolina Voter ID amendment

9:33am August 21, 2022

by Associated Press, Jonathan Drew, Gary Robertson

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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Supreme Court rules for GOP lawmakers in voter ID case

10:50am June 23, 2022

by Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

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North Carolina Judges Strike Down State’s Voter ID Law

4:21pm September 17, 2021

by Associated Press, Gary Robertson

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.

A Utah poll worker checks a voter ID during the 2016 presidential election. Eleven states have strict voter ID laws, while 24 have less stringent laws for an ID to vote. Democrats have begun to lower their resistance to the issue.

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Democrats Are Now Open To New Voter ID Rules. It Probably Won't Win Over The GOP

7:00am August 28, 2021

by Miles Parks

While Democrats have long opposed voter ID laws, their decade-long effort to convince voters hasn't budged public opinion. Large bipartisan majorities still favor showing an ID to vote.