RNC Sues North Carolina Election Board to Block Use of UNC Digital IDs For Voting

The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the North Carolina Republican Party filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the State Election Board for allowing University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill students and employees to use digital IDs as a valid form of photo identification for in-person voting.

On Aug. 20, the North Carolina State Board of Election (NCSBE) voted to reverse previous guidance that only allowed physical, plastic photo ID cards to be used for voting.

In their lawsuit, the GOP plaintiffs argued that North Carolina election laws do not “directly describe or indirectly permit the use of electronic forms of photo identification ‘to confirm the person presenting to vote is the registered voter on the voter registration records.’”

But, UNC shifted over to digital IDs for university students and employees in August of 2023, so it’s still a new development that has not yet been addressed by the state legislature.



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