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Feb 22 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
North Carolina GOP lawmakers file brief defending a photo ID law that was previously struck down for violating the state constitution. After Republicans took control of the court, the justices agreed to reconsider the prior decision invalidating the law. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/no…
Last year, North Carolina's strict photo ID law #SB824 was struck down for intentionally discriminating against Black voters. But Republican lawmakers are arguing that the law is "one of the most voter-friendly photo voter ID laws in the Nation" and should be reinstated.
The legislators argue that the law was not enacted with discriminatory intent and did not disparately impact Black voters, despite both the trial court and the state Supreme Court holding otherwise.
After the North Carolina Supreme Court flipped from blue to red in the November 2022 elections, GOP state lawmakers asked the court to rehear two cases they lost last term, and their requests were granted. There have been no changes in facts, state law or the state constitution.

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