voter ID

NC’s photo voter ID mandate can continue as judge upholds law

March 27, 2026 Gary D. Robertson

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge set aside arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with discriminatory intent against black and Latino […]

NC voters passed voting amendment by wide margin

December 23, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The voters of North Carolina overwhelmingly approved a new state constitutional amendment that makes voting a citizen-only privilege in state elections. Unofficial results as of Dec. 6 posted by the N.C. State Board of Elections show […]

Judge denies request to block UNC digital ID for voting

September 27, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH —Wake County Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory last week denied a request for a temporary restraining order against the State Board of Elections over that body’s approval allowing UNC Chapel Hill students to sue […]

PRAGER: Why Americans mistrust election results more than the citizens of any other democracy

June 22, 2024 Dennis Prager

Last week, 27 European nations voted for their representatives in the European Parliament. If you were aware of this, did you happen to notice that there were no allegations of cheating in any European country? […]

Federal trial over NC Voter ID set to begin

May 8, 2024 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was set to go to trial this week, with arguments expected to focus on whether the requirement unlawfully discriminates against black and Hispanic […]

State Board of Elections approves IDs for students, public employees

July 27, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The N.C. State Board of Elections (NCSBE) has approved certain student and public employee ID’s for use in voting in upcoming 2023 municipal elections and 2024 general elections. Following the ruling by the […]

State Board of Elections starts getting the word out about Voter ID

May 24, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — With the reinstatement of the state’s constitutional amendment requiring voter ID at the polls by the N.C. State Supreme Court last month, the N.C. State Board of Elections is following up by raising […]

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N. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings

May 3, 2023 Associated Press

RALEIGH — In massive victories for Republicans, the newly GOP-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday threw out a previous ruling against gerrymandered voting maps and upheld a photo voter identification law that colleagues had […]

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N. Carolina voter ID still void after Supreme Court ruling

December 18, 2022 Gary D. Robertson

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 2018 law requiring photo identification to vote in North Carolina remains invalidated after a narrow majority on the state Supreme Court agreed Friday with a lower court decision that struck […]

NC Supreme Court to hear voter ID arguments next month

September 14, 2022 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — Oral arguments over the constitutionality of North Carolina’s photo voter identification law will be held next month, the state Supreme Court has decided in another ruling determined along partisan lines. In a 4-3 […]