On Friday morning, a federal appeals court struck down a number of sweeping changes to North Carolina’s voting rules made in 2013, including its voter identification law, holding that they had been “enacted with racially discriminatory intent.”
A federal judge in North Carolina handed a major victory to local Republicans Monday, upholding a swathe of changes to election rules in the swing state. Activists say the changes disproportionately affect people of color, denying tens or even hundreds of thousands of people their right to vote.
After the Supreme Court decision that essentially nullified the Voting Rights Act this summer, Southern states have begun passing a series of laws that will look to crack down on voter fraud. And by voter fraud, they mean young and minority people voting.
