Federal courts dealt a severe blow to restrictive voting laws with rulings on North Carolina,Kansas and Wisconsin. But more needs to be done
Related: Voting rights rulings could deal blow to Republicans in 2016 elections final Friday was a immense day for voting rights in the United States. Federal courts struck down restrictive voting laws in Kansas and Wisconsin. And in a particularly primary decision, the fourth circuit court of appeals delivered a stinging rebuke to North Carolina’s egregious vote suppression law. As the court observed, or North Carolina legislators didn’t even try to hide the core purpose of the law: to stop African Americans from getting to the polls.
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Source: theguardian.com