Appeals Court Upholds North Carolina’s Voter ID Law

Voters cast their ballots in the voting booths at the early vote location at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., on Oct. 16, 2020. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court’s block on North Carolina’s 2018 voter ID law.

Citing North Carolina legislature’s “history of racial discrimination and voter suppression,” District Judge Loretta Biggs in December 2019 issued an injunction blocking the newest version of voter ID law, which prevented election officials from requiring voters to provide identification in the 2020 election.