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...A North Carolina appeals court has blocked a voter ID law, which was scheduled to take effect during this years general elections.
...This comes amid an over years-long battle between Democrats and Republicans in the state to pass some form of voter ID laws.
...The state passed a more stringent voter ID bill in 2013, but it was shot down by the state's courts due to similar concerns over discrimination.
...Many left-wing activists have argued the rules would disproportionately target minority voters who may find it more difficult to to obtain state sanctioned forms of ID. "Illegal voter ID bill; 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," stated Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, President of the North Carolina's NAACP. However, many Republicans have argued the laws are necessary to protect electoral integrity.
...North Carolina is an outlier among the United States without Voter ID. We can join the 34 other states - and all of our neighbors - that have Voter ID to strengthen election integrity.
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