Appeals Court Rejects Request to Postpone Voter ID Decision (North Carolina)

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH, N.C. — Aug 4, 2016, 6:07 PM ET

An appeals court has quickly decided it won't delay enforcement of its ruling striking down North Carolina's photo identification requirement and other election restrictions, including reducing early in-person voting by seven days.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the stay Thursday, one day after state leaders' attorneys requested that last week's ruling be set aside as they prepare to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the case.

A 4th Circuit panel had determined a 2013 law Republicans approved amounted to intentional discrimination of black voters.

Thursday's order says the harm to disenfranchised voters outweighs granting a delay. Last week's injunction means no voter ID mandate and 17 days of early voting with same-day registration.

The state has other options to seek a delay.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/appeals-court-rejects-request-postpone-voter-id-decision-41129793

[ananda]

1. "The state has other options to seek a delay."

What other options?

[JoePhilly]

2. They GOP will throw its self on the floor kicking and screaming ...

... in the candy asile at Walmart until it gets what it wants.

[ananda]

3. Lol

[SheriffBob]

4. probably

a poll tax

[trueblue2007]

6. no options. NC MUST comply with court ruling. North Carolina is LYING, they can't discriminate

North Carolina is OUT OF OPTIONS. NC won't gets "it's way" to discriminate against black voters.

THE COURT WINS. ~~~~~> "Thursday's order says the harm to disenfranchised voters outweighs granting a delay. Last week's injunction means no voter ID mandate and 17 days of early voting with same-day registration."

[groundloop]

7. AND at a time when NC is starting to turn BLUE

In fact I believe NC might already be blue if it weren't for these ridiculous voter suppression laws.

[CRK7376]

9. Thank you, thank you , thank you!

This North Carolinian was thrilled with the court ruling. HB2 blowback, NBA All Star game gone, PayPal gone, McCrory and his sinking ship are doomed. With some hard work we Democrats and Independents might be able to bring NC back into the world of sanity or at least compromise. The Republican House and Senate Legislature along with McCrory are killing this state.

[mwooldri]

8. SCOTUS.

That's the next and last level up. SCOTUS can stay the Appeal Court ruling pending it taking up the case.

[mountain grammy]

5. No delays, don't let them get away with that.

They were caught with their pants down, deal with it.