A North Carolina election worker checks a voter’s ID during the March presidential primary election. However, such ID checks may not be needed in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. A new ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond, struck down the state’s ID rules and other voting restrictions as a targeted effort to keep African-Americans from voting.
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Recent court rulings strike down discriminatory voting laws in several states
In a heated election year, federal and state courts are rejecting Republican-backed voting restrictions after finding their sole purpose is to limit voting by African-Americans, Latinos, the poor and other minority groups that lean Democratic. In rulings last Friday that could pave the way for bigger turnouts on Election Day, courts struck down such laws in the key election states of North Carolina, Kansas and Wisconsin.
