The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit Republican groups filed against the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The suit challenges the process the elections board used to register 225,000 voters.
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.
Critics of two state constitutional amendments North Carolina voters approved in 2018 oppose state legislative leaders' latest request in a six-year-old legal battle. Lawmakers have asked a three-judge panel to end the case involving voter ID and income taxes.
The Republican National Committee (RNC), the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP), and a North Carolina voter filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Election Board (NCSBE) Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court challenging the NCSBE’s policy they say disregards election integrity laws requiring absentee ballot security envelopes to be sealed in order for the ballot to count.
The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and an individual voter seek to intervene in a lawsuit Republican groups filed against the State Board of Elections. The suit challenges the way elections officials handled registration for 225,000 voters.
North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders are renewing their request to end a nearly six-year-old legal battle over two state constitutional amendments voters approved in 2018. One mandates a photo identification requirement for voters. The other lowered the state’s cap on income tax rates. In a memorandum filed Monday, lawyers for top lawmakers explained why a three-judge Superior Court panel should end the case, NC NAACP v. Moore.
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A federal trial ended Thursday in the lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law. A court filing suggests a ruling from US District Judge Loretta Biggs is at least weeks away.
North Carolina’s photo voter identification law faces a federal trial on May 6 in Winston-Salem. Supporters and opponents of voter ID submitted briefs this week preparing for the bench trial before US District Judge Loretta Biggs.
A federal judge has denied North Carolina state officials’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s use of in-patient psychiatric treatment for children in foster care. Plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit in December 2022. Critics want the state to shift its focus away from the treatment centers to provide more support services in the children’s home communities.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit challenging the Confederate monument outside the Alamance County Courthouse in Graham. Tuesday’s unanimous decision affirmed a trial judge’s ruling against monument critics.
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