North Carolina Asks Supreme Court to Keep Voter ID for Now

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

North Carolina government leaders have now asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a voter identification requirement and other voting rules for November's election. A lower appeals court recently ruled that a state law illegally restricted voting by black residents.

Gov. Pat McCrory's office said the state's lawyers filed their request Monday to delay last month's ruling. They want the photo ID mandate and other provisions back in place while they prepare a brief asking the justices to consider the issues more deeply.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Republican-led General Assembly enacted the law with intentional discrimination in mind. Those judges already rejected a delay request.

The state's attorneys say North Carolina shouldn't be forced to scramble now to rework election plans.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/north-carolina-asks-supreme-court-voter-id-now-41407196

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH, N.C. — Aug 15, 2016, 6:33 PM ET

Short article. No more at link.

[Chasstev365]

1. FUCKER!

[sakabatou]

2. "I wanna discriminate!" -McCrory

[kimbutgar]

3. I guess mcCrory is nervous about his re- election

We can only hope the 4 -4 split will keep the lower court ruling.

[lark]

4. Ha, take that repugs.

SCOTUS will split which will uphold the lower court ruling and voting restrictions will have to be ended and repugs lose big time.

[William Seger]

5. "scramble now to rework election plans" ?!

What, find some other way to suppress the Black vote? I should think 3 months is plenty of "scramble" time to NOT require something.

[SheriffBob]

8. i agree

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[TonyPDX]

6. god, they're such douches. give it a rest already.

[onehandle]

7. Headline edited for the 1860s: Confederacy Asks Supreme Court to Keep Slavery for Now

Traitors ask justices to consider the issues more deeply.

[yellowcanine]

9. Good luck with that NC - if it is 4-4, the lower court ruling stands.

[CRK7376]

10. This North Carolinian

hopes for 4-4 tie in the Supreme Court or better yet a slap down on McCrory and his clowns in the legislature!

[maxrandb]

11. Does the full court have to decide this

or can just one Supreme Court Justice grant the stay of the Fed Court order?

If so, I think I heard that this request was going to go before Roberts.