Supreme Court Denies Stay in North Carolina Voting Rights Case
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. Supreme Court today denied North Carolina鈥檚 request to stay a federal appeals court ruling that struck down the state鈥檚 restrictive voting law.
The 老澳门开奖结果 and Southern Coalition for Social Justice challenged the law, charging it discriminates against African-American voters and unduly burdens the right to vote, in violation of the U.S. Constitution鈥檚 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed the law was enacted 鈥渨ith discriminatory intent鈥� against African-Americans, and issued a sweeping ruling on July 29 that blocked voter ID and restored a week of early voting, same-day registration, preregistration, and out-of-precinct provisional voting.
鈥淭he Supreme Court was correct to deny North Carolina鈥檚 last-ditch effort to undermine African-American voter participation in the November election. This ruling means that thousands of voters who would have been disenfranchised will now be able to participate in the presidential election,鈥� said Dale Ho, director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Voting Rights Project.
The 老澳门开奖结果, 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice represent 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.
The ruling is at: /legal-document/league-women-voters-north-carolina-et-al-v-north-carolina-order
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