Supreme Court Keeps Controversial Voting Law In Place

 If you are planning to vote in November's election, Friday is the last day to register.

That's after the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked a ruling that set aside parts of a 2013 election law, including one to allow same-day registration. With this ruling, you need to vote in the correct precinct as well. 

A majority on the nation's highest court agreed to halt the ruling of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that set aside parts of the 2013 election law. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, saying they would have left the appellate ruling in place. Civil rights groups object to the law, saying its provisions disenfranchise minority voters.

The decision means the full law will remain enforced while the state and civil rights groups that challenged the law prepare for trial next summer. 

There will be no same-day registration during early voting when it begins Oct. 23, and Election Day ballots cast in the wrong precinct won't be counted. The full law was enforced during the May primary as well.