The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned the 2013 elections law case that included the voter ID provision.

 

The ruling prohibits North Carolina from requiring photo identification from voters in the November 2016 general election, restores a week of early voting and preregistration for 16- and 17-year-olds as well as re-instates same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting. 

 

The three-judge panel found that the law was adopted with “discriminatory intent.” The case was sent back to U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder, who dismissed all claims in the challenge to the state’s sweeping 2013 election law overhaul.