Lawmakers defend voter ID, tax cap amendments at 2nd-highest NC court
State Republican legislative leaders are defending a trial court’s decision to uphold two state constitutional amendments North Carolina voters approved in 2018.
On Wednesday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted on a series of voting rules, including for photo ID that critics say will make it easier for ballots to be thrown out.
The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP is urging the state’s second-highest court to overturn trial court decisions upholding two state constitutional amendments from 2018.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections is now accepting public comment on four sets of proposed administrative rules.
A State Election Board member raised concerns on Wednesday about the possibility of federal troops being sent to polling places in November for the General Election.
A federal judge has upheld North Carolina’s voter identification law nearly two years after holding a trial in a lawsuit challenging the ID requirement.
Critics argue that voter ID laws might suppress votes, but the evidence from North Carolina tells a different story.
The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP is appealing a three-judge panel’s recent ruling upholding the state’s constitutional amendments on voter identification and the state income tax cap. Judges rejected in September the NAACP’s arguments that the voter-approved amendments were racially discriminatory.
A bipartisan three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina’s 2018 state constitutional amendments guaranteeing photo identification for voters and lowering the state’s cap on income tax rates. It’s a case that prompted Carolina Journal’s “Extreme Injustice” podcast.
As a matter of procedure, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) read over a settlement reached in the case of the Republican National Committee (RNC) v. the NCSBE at their meeting on Friday.
NCSBE General Counsel Paul Cox and Deputy Director Trena Parker Velez recently spoke in Raleigh with a group of civic leaders on election law and administration.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin is dropping his legal challenge against thousands of votes cast in his November 2024 election against Democrat Allison Riggs. Griffin's concession to Riggs Wednesday arrived six months after the election.