North Carolina appeals court blocks use of university's digital ID for voting

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Yahoo! News/AP

Fri, September 27, 2024 at 11:33 PM EDT


RALEIGH, N.C, (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court on Friday blocked students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from providing a digital identification produced by the school when voting to comply with a new photo ID mandate.

The decision by a three-judge panel of the intermediate-level Court of Appeals reverses at least temporarily last month's decision by the State Board of Elections that the mobile ID generated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill met security and photo requirements in the law and could be used.

The Republican National Committee and state Republican Party sued to overturn the decision by the Democratic-majority board earlier this month, saying the law only allows physical ID cards to be approved. Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory last week denied a temporary restraining order to halt its use. The Republicans appealed.

Friday’s order didn’t include the names of three judges who considered the Republicans' requests and who unanimously ordered the elections board not to accept the mobile UNC One Card for casting a ballot this fall. The court releases the judges' names later. Eleven of the court's 15 judges are registered Republicans.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-carolina-appeals-court-blocks-224806768.html

[Gaytano70]

1. F@%ing SICK of these fascists!!!

[brer cat]

2. Damn! Got to keep those commie students from voting!

[groundloop]

3. And so close to the election.....

[pecosbob]

4. Dueling judges...it's be all the rage on reality tv soon.

Seems a lot of courts are getting a little to big for their britches of late.

[kansasobama]

5. NC Dem voters need to get a driver license id

Or some kinda government id now instead of waiting for courts. We all know they will do everything to block voters. Why do our guys and gals wait till the last second? Cmon guys. Democracy is under threat. Early voting to remove most obstacles is the way to go. If you mail, it needs to happen now, not a week before.

[NBachers]

6. So can they print out copies of the digital ID and bring that with them?

From the article:

The mobile UNC One Card is now the default ID card issued on campus, although students and permanent employees can still obtain a physical card instead for a small fee. The school said recently it would create physical cards at no charge for those who received a digital ID but want the physical card for voting.

Charles Lutvak, a spokesperson for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ campaign, said the campaign would help students obtain those free physical IDs.

Early in-person voting begins Oct. 17, and absentee ballots are now being distributed to those requesting them. Absentee voters also must provide a copy of an ID or fill out the exception form.

So it should be possible for anyone that wants, to get a physical copy of the ID and early vote if they want.