North Carolina lawmakers propose allowing range of voter IDs
RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican legislators implementing a new change to the state constitution are thinking about allowing a relatively broad range of photo identification to validate voters who cast in-person ballots in future elections.
Proposed legislation state Senate staffers circulated Tuesday would require voters to show a driver’s license, passport, state university ID, tribal enrollment card, or a new type of photo ID issued free by county elections boards. IDs that expired after a voter’s 70th birthday also would be accepted.
The General Assembly returns to work next week after voters this month approved a state constitutional amendment requiring photo identification to vote in person.
Federal judges struck down a 2013 voting law requiring photo ID, ruling Republicans passed it to discriminate against minorities. Republicans say they were protecting election integrity.
https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20181121/north-carolina-lawmakers-propose-allowing-range-of-voter-ids
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