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.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai details N.C. Supreme Court controversy involving voter ID case
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