A North Carolina judge is deciding whether a state lawsuit challenging voter ID requirements should keep going after changes to the law last week by the General Assembly. The lawsuit is one of two court cases challenging North Carolina's sweeping 2013 elections law.
That lawsuit questioned a requirement that all voters show a government-issued ID to cast a ballot. The General Assembly loosened that requirement last week to allow driver's licenses or state-issued ID cards expired for less than four years to be accepted.
Lawyers representing voters and civil rights organizations on one side and the state and the General Assembly on the other side appeared Monday before Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan.
WRAL reports the judge gave attorneys from both sides until July 2 to argue whether the lawsuit should go forward. A trial is set for July 13.
Another case challenging the law is in federal court, and covers a broader array of issues.
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