North Carolina voter ID law was found to have a discriminatory effect by a lower court earlier this month

North Carolina has filed an emergency petition at the Supreme Court to salvage its voter identification law. The brief comes over two weeks after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down the law. Many legal observers questioned why the state took so long to file an emergency appeal. North Carolina retained former…

NC governor asks Supreme Court to restore voter ID law

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate North Carolina’s voter ID law for the November election. The law, which requires voters to bring a photo ID to the polls, was thrown out by a federal appeals court ruling. Late Monday, McCrory announced that he has sent a formal request to…