N.C. Judge Denies GOP Request to Block Digital Vote ID

A North Carolina Judge has ruled against Republicans’ seeking to block University of North Carolina Chapel Hill students and faculty from using their college-issued digital IDs at the polls.

On Thursday, Wake Superior Court Judge Keith Gregory maintained that state voting law doesn’t bar digital IDs. The ruling was a blow to the Republican National Committee and the North Carolina Republican Party, which filed a lawsuit last week claiming that digital IDs permit a risk of allowing “fraudulent votes and inaccurate election” results.

According to Courthouse News, the Republican attorney, William Elias Boyle, stated in court on Thursday that UNC-Chapel Hill students need to show a valid photo ID to the university in order to receive their digital ID credential. Therefore, he argued, all students should already have a physical form of ID to vote.

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