NC court to decide if controversial voter ID, legislative authority lawsuit will continue

A longstanding lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of the North Carolina legislature and its decision to mandate voter ID in the state constitution was heard in court on Thursday after lying dormant since 2022.

A three-judge panel in Wake County Superior Court considered the request of Republican leaders, who are named as defendants, to dismiss the case.

Originally filed in 2018 by the North Carolina NAACP, the lawsuit argues that Republican lawmakers did not have the authority to amend the constitution because they were found to have been elected in illegal racially gerrymandered electoral districts.

The panel did not issue a ruling after Thursday’s hearing, nor did they indicate when they may do so. In addition to the amendment mandating voter ID, the lawsuit also challenges an amendment that lowered the cap on the state’s income tax rate.



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