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    Wednesday, August 31, 2016

    SCOTUS Refuses To Overturn Decision To Block North Carolina Voting Restrictions

    In another victory for voting rights, the Supreme Court today split 4-4 on a request from North Carolina to grant a stay from a lower court's decision to block voting restrictions the state was trying to implement this year. The decision effectively blocks North Carolina from implementing five types of voting restrictions - a photo ID requirement, a cutback to early voting, the elimination of same day registration, a ban of out-of-precinct voting and a prohibition on pre-registration of young voters - for the 2016 election. The lower court also stated in its ruling that these measures targeted African-Americans "with almost surgical precision". Incredibly, four Supreme Court justices felt that that was just fine.

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