North Carolina judge rejects challenge to voter ID law

Hotair ^ | 08/10/2014 | Jazz Shaw

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I missed this story earlier this week, what with the flood of international news, but it certainly represents a significant step in the battle over voter ID laws and the likely looming battle before the Supreme Court. A federal judge in North Carolina has rejected a challenge brought by the NAACP and other civil rights organizations to the state’s recent voting regulations law.

ATLANTA — A federal judge in North Carolina on Friday rejected an effort by civil rights groups and the Justice Department to block the application of key elements of a Republican-backed state law that curtailed early voting and other opportunities for residents to cast their ballots.

The 125-page written ruling, issued late Friday by Judge Thomas D. Schroeder of the Federal District Court, rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments that the law, one of the most far-reaching in a recent national wave of Republican-backed legislation on voter ID and against voter fraud, would place “disproportionate burdens” on African-American voters hoping to participate in the November elections.

The voter ID portion of the law will not take effect until 2016, and so is not really the focus of this ruling as that portion isn’t up for a challenge yet. More central to this case is the provision, already in place, which reduced the early voting window from 17 days to 10 days. How that constitutes a violation of any specific group’s rights is beyond me.

Doug Mataconis (who brought the ruling to my attention) seems to agree.

While Judge Schroeder’s 150 page opinion largely defies excerpting here, his essential holding with respect to each of these matters is that the burden placed on voters is de minimis and the governments interests in properly regulating the electoral process was sufficient to support the law.

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My wife had hand surgery the other day, I went to pick up her pain meds. I had to show my picture ID (Drivers Lic) to obtain the meds.
Does showing ID to get pain meds create “disproportionate burdens” on minorities?
Such Bull S4it!!!!