Court opens door to voiding N. Carolina Voter ID amendment

By JONATHAN DREW and GARY D. ROBERTSON

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Supreme Court has opened the door to nullifying a voter ID mandate approved by citizens in 2018. The court’s 4-3 majority ruled on Friday that lawmakers who put it on the ballot were elected from districts tainted by illegal racial bias. But since nullifying a voter approved amendment is a serious move, it wants a trial judge to gather more evidence first. It’s a victory for the state NAACP, which said it shows that “rigging elections by trampling on the rights of Black voters has consequences.” Republican state House Speaker Tim Moore calls it “blatant judicial activism.”