Court blocks two elements but upholds other parts of HB 589 Law had been criticised as attack on African American votersA federal appeals court has blocked two key elements of a new law introduced by Republicans in North Carolina that civil rights groups have criticised as a brazen attack on the ability of African Americans to vote.In a two-to-one majority ruling, the Fourth Circuit US court of appeals reinstated the right to register to vote and to cast a ballot on the same day known as same-day registration and the ability to vote outside a citizens home precinct.
Republican-backed Voter Id Law In North Carolina Struck Down By Judge
Ed Pilkington in New York, The Guardian
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