Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses a controversy surrounding the N.C. Supreme Court and a case tied to the 2018 voter ID amendment. Kokai offered these comments during the Sept. 17, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
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