Monday 30 September 2013

Justice Department to sue North Carolina over voter law

breakingnews.com - On Sept. 30, 2013, the Justice Department is expected to sue the state of North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over tough new voting rules, the latest effort by the Obama administration to fight back against a Supreme Court decision that struck down the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act and freed southern states from strict federal oversight of their elections.North Carolina has a new law scaling back the period for early voting and imposing stringent voter identification requirements.

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