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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Court opens door to voiding N. Carolina Voter ID amendment

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

North Carolina’s highest court opened the door Friday to nullifying a voter ID mandate approved by citizens in 2018 because the lawmakers who put it on the ballot were elected from districts tainted by illegal racial bias.

However, the North Carolina Supreme Court stopped short of striking down the voter ID requirement and another constitutional amendment that limited income tax rates, ruling that a lower court must gather more evidence on the measures before tossing them out.

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