On Thursday the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a proposed motion to stay the court’s earlier decision to eliminate a voter ID law that disproportionately prevented minorities from voting.
The court determined that staying its initial ruling “would only undermine the integrity and efficiency of the upcoming election.”
“Finally, we observe that our injunction merely returns North Carolina’s voting procedure to the status quo prevailing before the discriminatory law was enacted,” the order said.
