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Federal judge to halt latest North Carolina voter ID law


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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-carolina-voter-id-law-will-be-halted-by-federal-judge

 

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Republican attempts to require photo identification to vote in North Carolina are being thwarted again by judges hearing arguments that the mandate is tainted by bias that would deter black and Latino residents.


A federal court announced that next week U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs will formally block a photo ID requirement scheduled to begin in 2020. Unless the upcoming preliminary injunction is successfully appealed, the requirement will be halted until a lawsuit filed by the state NAACP and others is resolved.

 

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State NAACP President the Rev. Anthony Spearman praised Biggs' decision, calling the 2018 measure "the latest bad-faith attempt in a string of failed efforts by the (North Carolina) General Assembly to impede the right to vote of African Americans and Latinos in this state, and to blunt the force of the true will of the people."

 

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