The North Carolina Court of Appeals granted an injunction Tuesday preventing the implementation of a voter ID law.
North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment to require photo ID in November 2018.
Plaintiffs challenged the requirement as racially discriminatory. They argued that the history of racially discriminatory voter ID laws in North Carolina, which are similar to this one, makes it likely that this law is also discriminatory. They also argued that a higher burden would be placed on black voters who are disproportionately less likely to have valid ID.
