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WASHINGTON 鈥� The Supreme Court has declined to review a federal appeals court decision holding that North Carolina鈥檚 2013 election law 鈥� which imposed a voter ID requirement, cut a week of early voting, and eliminated same-day registration 鈥� intentionally discriminates against African-Americans. North Carolina has now exhausted all avenues of appeal.

The 老澳门开奖结果 and Southern Coalition for Social Justice challenged the law, which was struck down by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2016. In early January, the state sought Supreme Court review, but the newly elected governor moved to drop the petition, prompting the legislators who passed the measure to try and intervene.

鈥淭his law, enacted with what the appeals court called discriminatory intent and 鈥榓lmost surgical precision鈥� targeting African-American voters, is meeting its much-deserved demise,鈥� said Dale Ho, director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Voting Rights Project. 鈥淎n ugly chapter in voter suppression is finally closing.鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice represented the League of Women Voters of North Carolina, the North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute, North Carolina Common Cause, Unifour Onestop Collaborative, and several individuals.

鈥淲e are grateful that the Supreme Court has decided to allow the Fourth Circuit鈥檚 ruling to stand, confirming that discrimination has no place in our democracy and elections,鈥� said Allison Riggs, senior staff attorney with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. 鈥淭his ruling sends a strong message that lawmakers in North Carolina should stop enacting laws that discriminate based on race.鈥�