TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 9, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday allowed provisions of a North Carolina election law – which had been stayed by a federal appeals court because of the potential impact on voting opportunities for African Americans – to take effect. The move means that North Carolina will ban same-day registration and voting, and bar the counting of votes cast in the wrong precincts. The court took similar action in September, when it allowed cuts to early voting to take effect in Ohio. The ABA Journal has more.