September date set for North Carolina voter ID state trial

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Source: WITN

A challenge to North Carolina's new voter identification requirement will go to trial in state court before the November election.

A Superior Court judge decided Monday on a trial starting Sept. 26 on the mandate approved in 2013 and used for the first time this March.

The case is separate from federal lawsuits challenging the photo ID requirement and other voting changes by the General Assembly. A federal appeals court heard arguments last month whether a lower court decision upholding all the changes should stand.

A ruling in that appeal could come soon, but Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan says he can't be concerned about what other courts may do. The state lawsuit focuses on whether the ID requirement is another qualification to vote beyond the state constitution's limits.

Read more: http://www.witn.com/content/news/September-date-set-for-North-Carolina-voter-ID-state-trial-386371021.html

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1. Good, I hope this modern poll tax goes away quickly

Here in NM, our GOP governor Martinez commissioned a study to reevaluate the whole voter ID idea that was shot down so completely by the tribes some years ago. Part of the study included actual incidences of voter fraud.

Now this isn't a terribly populous state, there are only slightly more than 2 million of us here spread out over a huge amount of barren land. Still, her group of elves only turned up four cases of documented voter fraud. Three of them were Texans with vacation property here who voted in Texas then voted here and all four were GOP.

She was smart enough to realize that the "voter fraud" screechers didn't have a case and dropped the whole thing.

I'm sure the next GOP governor we get will pick it up again. Those old fools learn very slowly.