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The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider a three-judge panel’s decision allowing North Carolina’s new state Senate districts to remain in place for the 2024 elections.
Trial begins Monday in a federal case that will determine whether North Carolina’s law requiring voters to show photo IDs violates the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution.
A federal judge in North Carolina yesterday struck down a 19th century state law that imposes criminal penalties on residents who vote while on parole, probation or post-release supervision for a felony conviction.
U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.) introduced federal legislation on Tuesday that proposes establishing independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions in every state.
A North Carolina court this morning sided with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D), striking down a new Republican-sponsored “power grab” law that would have removed the governor’s authority to make appointments to the state board of elections.
A flurry of recently enacted voting and election laws were put to the test during yesterday’s Super Tuesday elections, and the results were a bit of a mixed bag.
Election officials in North Carolina amended the state’s rules for same-day voter registration earlier this week, making it harder for same-day registrants to be removed from voter rolls, in order to comply with a recent ruling from a federal judge.
A federal judge today denied a request from Black voters seeking to immediately block North Carolina’s new state Senate districts that were enacted last month by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Last night, a federal judge granted a request to temporarily block a provision of North Carolina’s recently enacted voter suppression law.
With a new year comes change, and voters in states across the country are dealing with laws both expanding and attacking voting and elections after a multitude of previously enacted bills went into effect on Jan. 1.