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US appeals court rules judge wrongly halted NC voter ID

by Gary D. Robertson
| December 2, 2020 11:27 AM

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge wrongly blocked North Carolina's latest photo voter identification law, an appeals court ruled Wednesday, deciding she erred when declaring the requirement was tainted by racial bias largely because a previous voter ID law had been struck down on similar grounds.

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