Democracy groups win right to challenge dangerous North Carolina voter ID legislation before vote | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A federal judge on Friday refused a request from state lawmakers to dismiss a challenge to the North Carolina voter ID law. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder set the issue for a trial, tentatively in January. Attorneys for state lawmakers argued that a 2015 change to the ID provision of an election law…