Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck Down for Targeting African Americans

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down North Carolina’s comprehensive voter restriction law, ruling it targeted African American voters ‘with almost surgical precision.’ The 2013 law eliminated same-day registration, reduced early voting, ended out-of-precinct voting, and …

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Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Law With "Surgical Precision" Ruling

| Importance: 9/10

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down North Carolina’s comprehensive voter suppression law (HB 589) in a scathing ruling that finds the legislature “target[ed] African Americans with almost surgical precision.” Judge Diana Gribbon Motz’s opinion exposes how North …

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