Judges in North Carolina blocked a state voter-identification law Friday, calling the measure unconstitutional and discriminatory toward Black voters
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Two of three judges on the North Carolina Superior Court panel struck down the 2018 law, writing in a 100-page majority opinion that it “was motivated at least in part by an unconstitutional intent to target African-American voters.” The third judge on the panel dissented.
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