North Carolina Turned Away by U.S. High Court on Voting Rules
Provisions eliminate same-day voter registration and out-of-precinct voting; a trial is scheduled for later this year.
A March 12, 2015 photo shows the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
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The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by North Carolina, declining for now to approve Republican-backed voting restrictions that may shape the 2016 election.
North Carolina asked the nation’s highest court to uphold provisions that eliminate same-day voter registration and out-of-precinct voting. The Supreme Court previously let those provisions take effect for the 2014 balloting, and the state was seeking a ruling that would have a broader effect.