The Supreme Court voted 7-2 to reinstate laws blocking same-day registration and out-of-district voting (used by students). The ruling reversed a 4th circuit panel decision that had found the legislation unconstitutional. Earlier, in August of 2014, North Carolinas stringent voter policies were upheld by a U.S. district court as allowable in the November midterm election. Democrats, alongside NAACP, & other organizations against the legislation filed an appeal shortly after the decision.
The law is considered one of, if not the harshest overhaul of voter laws in the country. The law terminates pre-registration for 16 & 17 year olds, reduces early voting periods, disallows residents from casing ballots outside of their districts & makes voters present IDs' during elections.
The ID portion of the legislation would not be applicable until the next presidential election in 2016.
North Dakota
HB 1332 was signed into law by Republican Governor Jack Dalrymple. The law requires voters to provide ID at the polls and strengthens previous legislation by ending the capability for voters without ID to use affidavits.
ID's do not need to have photos and does not need to be state administered driver's license, giving the ability for voters to use alternative ID's like passports and college ID's.
Ohio
On September 29th, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of overturning the Federal Court ruling, allowing Ohio to prevent voting on the last two Sundays before Election Day and reducing the early voting period from 35 days to 28.
The law SB 238 was signed into law by Governor John Kasich on February 21st, 2014. The law was heavily condemned for ending 'Golden Week.' Golden Week allowed voters a week prior to Election Day to register, in addition to voting on the same day.
Secretary of State Jon Husted, a recognized proponent of anti-voter fraud policies, efficaciously lobbied for initiatives that austerely limited nighttime voting times & cutting down Sunday voting hours. On September 4th, a Federal Court judge ruled against Ohio, but was promptly overturned by the Supreme Court.
Oklahoma
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