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The Guardian - US
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George Chidi

Trump ally admits goal of eliminating same-day registration in federal voting rights trial

Woman in red jacket sitting at table speaking into mic.
Cleta Mitchell on Capitol Hill in Washington DC in 2014. Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP

During a federal trial in North Carolina over whether a new voter registration law discriminates against college students, a prominent rightwing election integrity activist previewed Republicans’ long-range plans to end same-day registration.

Judge Thomas Schroeder is deliberating over the future of provisions in Senate bill 747, which increased registration requirements for voters who cast ballots on the same day they register to vote during North Carolina’s early voting period. Schroeder called for briefs at the end of November after a week-long trial in Winston-Salem.

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