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RandySF

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Thu Oct 24, 2024, 04:18 PM Oct 24

NC court to decide if controversial voter ID, legislative authority lawsuit will continue

A longstanding lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of the North Carolina legislature and its decision to mandate voter ID in the state constitution was heard in court on Thursday after lying dormant since 2022.

A three-judge panel in Wake County Superior Court considered the request of Republican leaders, who are named as defendants, to dismiss the case.

Originally filed in 2018 by the North Carolina NAACP, the lawsuit argues that Republican lawmakers did not have the authority to amend the constitution because they were found to have been elected in illegal racially gerrymandered electoral districts.

The panel did not issue a ruling after Thursday’s hearing, nor did they indicate when they may do so. In addition to the amendment mandating voter ID, the lawsuit also challenges an amendment that lowered the cap on the state’s income tax rate.



https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article293793784.html#storylink=cpy

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NC court to decide if controversial voter ID, legislative authority lawsuit will continue (Original Post) RandySF Oct 24 OP
Hopefully... GB_RN Oct 24 #1

GB_RN

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Thu Oct 24, 2024, 04:35 PM
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The trial court will rule appropriately on both allegations. However, should they do so, the Reichwing flying monkeys will inevitably appeal it to our state Supreme Court. And those absolutely partisan, Reichwing, piss poor excuses for “justices” (Newby, Berger, Barringer, Dietz and Allen), will just be rubber stamps for the assholes in the General Assembly (which includes “justice” Berger’s father, who is president-pro-tem of the NC Senate) who pushed this shit.

Guaranteed that the junior Berger won’t recuse from said case, too.

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