NC Supreme Court strikes down voter ID constitutional amendment

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Friday struck down a state voter ID requirement, finding that it was enacted with a racially discriminatory purpose and violated the state’s constitution.

Senate Bill 824 — which was passed by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature in 2018 over a veto from its Democratic governor — sought to implement a state constitutional amendment requiring photo ID to vote.

The court found that while the law appeared neutral on its face, it was enacted “to target African-American voters who were unlikely to vote for Republican candidates.”

“In doing so, we do not conclude that the General Assembly harbored racial animus; however, we conclude just as the trial court did, that in passing S.B. 824, the Republican majority ‘targeted voters who, based on race, were unlikely to vote for the majority party,’” the court said in its ruling in Holmes v. Moore.

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3778257-nc-supreme-court-strikes-down-voter-id-constitutional-amendment/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Great news! Calls out that it was "enacted with a racially discriminatory purpose". . . . nt

[The Grand Illuminist]

5. Close.

It was concluded that it aimed towards minorities who don't vote republican. Let's discern whether they will enact it to their state constitution.

[republianmushroom]

2. like it

[Turbineguy]

3. Making it harder for republicans to cheat.

If only these creeps had been around to help Hitler, Stalin, or Khrushchev. Then we could have been commies!

[GB_RN]

4. Unfortunately...

This will be one of the last sane rulings from our state Supreme Court for several years. We just lost two Democratic seats on the court - and our majority - in the election this past November. We'll likely get a new districting case taken to back to this new NCSC and these clowns will rule in favor of the Repukes who run the state legislature. So, we'll be back to a severely gerrymandered federal congressional delegation of something like 11-3 most likely. 10-4 if we're lucky.

I hate 'em all.

[a kennedy]

6. Damn, ya just never realize how hopeless it is when the repuks are in charge until

something like this happens. 🤬 🤬 🤬

[CRK7376]

7. Thank you NC Supremes!!!!

We the people of NC do not need the Repubs demand for voter ID. or obscenely gerrymandered districts.