Court ruling overturning North Carolina voter ID will mean a more fair election in 2016

4th US Circuit judges overturn North Carolina’s voter ID law

RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal appellate judges on Friday struck down a 2013 law limiting voting options and requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls, declaring in an unsparing opinion that the restrictions “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision.” The three-judge panel of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law was…

Tillis helped create ‘discriminatory’ North Carolina law, but ruling on it likely won’t hurt him

WASHINGTON — If a Friday court ruling declaring North Carolina’s voter ID law discriminatory sparks a backlash against Republicans, then time and distance are on U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis’ side — though he’s one of the law’s most ardent defenders and helped get it passed in the first place. “This could potentially affect the outcome of…

Court ruling against North Carolina voter ID law could help Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON — Three years after the Supreme Court deemed a key anti-discrimination provision of the Voting Rights Act unnecessary, a federal court on Friday ruled that a subsequently imposed North Carolina law requiring photo IDs at polling places was aimed at discouraging minority turnout. The decision, just three months before election day, likely gives Democrat Hillary…