Court Stance on N. Carolina Law to Send Signal on Voting Limits

The U.S. Supreme Court's handling of North Carolina's long-shot bid to reinstate its contentious voter identification law will set the tone for the court's treatment of similar cases that could reach the justices before the November 8 elections. Several states adopted voter ID laws in recent years. Republicans generally drove the efforts, saying the laws were meant to prevent election fraud. Democrats have argued that the laws were meant to keep minorities, who tend to vote...

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