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May 16, 2017

In Victory for Voting Rights, Supreme Court Refuses to Hear NC Voter Law Appeal
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The Supreme Court has dealt a major victory for voting rights activists,
after it refused to hear an appeal over North Carolina's voter
suppression law. Last year, a federal appeals court blocked the law,
ruling the measures discriminated against African-American voters and
targeted them "with almost surgical precision." On Monday, the Supreme
Court announced it would not hear a challenge to the appeals court
ruling, meaning the highly restrictive voter ID law will not be
reinstated.


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