Federal Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Law | Sojourners

Federal Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Law

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North Carolina’s requirement that voters present photo identification at the polls has long been called a disguised attempt to suppress the black vote. The Rev. William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove have called voting rights rollbacks, like the one in North Carolina, the “second career of James Crow, Esq.” for their racially discriminatory impact.

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