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Judges consider motion to end ‘Extreme Injustice’ case

A three-judge panel spent two hours Thursday listening to arguments for and against ending a six-yard-old legal challenge to two North Carolina state constitutional amendments. One amendment guarantees a photo identification requirement for voters. The other lowered the state’s cap on income tax rates.

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Judges consider next steps for lawsuit challenging voter ID, tax cap amendments

A three-judge panel will decide in the coming weeks whether it will maintain jurisdiction over a lawsuit challenging two 2018 amendments to the North Carolina Constitution. The panel spent nearly 90 minutes Friday listening to arguments for and against transferring the case back to a single Wake County judge.

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State Supreme Court debates future of voter ID, tax cap amendments

The fate of two approved amendments to North Carolina’s Constitution now sits in the hands of the state Supreme Court. The court spent an hour Monday morning questioning lawyers who argued for and against the amendments. One amendment would enshrine a voter identification requirement into the state’s governing document. The other would lower the state’s...

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