The federal court in Richmond found that the primary purpose of North Carolina’s wasn’t to stop voter fraud, but rather to disenfranchise minority voters. The judges found that the provisions “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.”
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“Thus, in what comes as close to a smoking gun as we are likely to see in modern times, the State’s very justification for a challenged statute hinges explicitly on race — specifically its concern that African Americans, who had overwhelmingly voted for Democrats, had too much access to the franchise,” the judges write in their decision.
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JimC says
Thank you.
I think this story is a good reminder of what’s at stake. We’re not perfect, but we prefer that more people (of every color) vote.
Christopher says
There was absolutely no excuse for even asking for racial data in this context.