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League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. North Carolina

769 F.3d 224 (2014)

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League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. North Carolina

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
769 F.3d 224 (2014)

  • Written by Philip Glass, JD

Facts

North Carolina, a state with a history of racial discrimination, passed several voting laws in 2013. This followed the Court's 2013 lessening of Voting Rights Act limitations incumbent on states. In particular, three North Carolina laws provoked controversy. Opponents of these laws alleged that these laws violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. One law overturned 2007 legislation that allowed same-day voter registration. Another law forbade provisional ballot-casting outside a voter's precinct of registration. The last of these controversial laws placed restrictions on early voting. These stipulations included withdrawing the discretion previously afforded counties in keeping polls open. African Americans disproportionately engaged in same-day voter registration, provisional ballot-casting, and early voting. The district court ruled that North Carolina's laws did not suppress votes in contravention of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Wynn, J.)

Dissent (Motz, J.)

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