{"id":2228365,"date":"2024-04-23T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-strikes-down-felon-voting-law-in-north-carolina-alleging-discriminatory-intent\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T17:07:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:07:55","slug":"federal-judge-strikes-down-felon-voting-law-in-north-carolina-alleging-discriminatory-intent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-strikes-down-felon-voting-law-in-north-carolina-alleging-discriminatory-intent\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge overturns North Carolina law denying felons the right to vote, citing discriminatory intent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-strikes-down-felon-voting-law-in-north-carolina-alleging-discriminatory-intent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge in North Carolina has invalidated a law that prohibited\u2064 felons from voting before \u200dtheir rights were reinstated, citing discriminatory motives. The ruling doesn&#8217;t grant felons voting rights but eliminates the law, suggesting that voting illegally could\u200b become a\u200c separate felony offense for ineligible felons. Your summary is concise and effectively conveys the key points of the original text about the federal judge&#8217;s decision in North Carolina regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-other-far-left-lawmakers-on-chauvin-convicted-on-all-counts-not-justice-system-not-working\/\" title=\"AOC, Ilhan Omar Lead Democrat Charge Saying Chauvin's Conviction Isn't Good Enough\">felon voting rights<\/a>. It captures the main ideas and ensures clarity for the readers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-reverses-bidens-policy-to-limit-ice-deportations\/\" title=\"Federal judge reverses Biden\u2019s policy to limit ICE deportations\">federal judge struck<\/a> down a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"North Carolina\">North Carolina<\/a> law making it illegal for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/felon-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>felons to vote<\/a> before their rights have been restored, with the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>court<\/a> finding the law had \u201cdiscriminatory intent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ruling does not change state law to allow felons to vote but rather strikes down a law potentially making it a separate felony for felons who cast a vote even if they are still ineligible. Those bringing the challenge alleged the law, which dates back to 1877, was designed to \u201cdisproportionately impact Black North Carolinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Challenged Statute was enacted with discriminatory intent, has not been cleansed of its discriminatory taint, and continues to disproportionately impact Black voters,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.ncmd.87121\/gov.uscourts.ncmd.87121.122.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">according to<\/a> the Monday court order. \u201cTherefore, the Court finds that the Challenged Statute violates the Equal Protection Clause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Loretta Biggs of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina agreed with the plaintiffs that the law violated the equal protection and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-warns-states-ags-feds-back-gender-affirming-care-rights-for-transgender-children\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s DOJ Warns States\u2019 AGs: Feds Back \u2019Gender-Affirming Care\u2019 Rights for \u2018Transgender\u2019 Children\u00a0\">due process clauses<\/a> of the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina A. Philip Randolph Institute was one of the plaintiffs that brought the case. Melvin Montford, executive director of that group, celebrated the ruling as making the law a \u201crelic of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA racially discriminatory law is now a relic of the past,\u201d\u00a0Montford said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cIt\u2019s sad that in today\u2019s society we still have laws on the books that specifically discriminate against Black voters, even if some people may choose to ignore this reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state of North Carolina can no longer enforce this discriminatory law and it\u2019s no longer a tool for district attorneys and the State Board of Election to arbitrarily use,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In North Carolina, it is still illegal for convicted felons who have not finished their sentence to cast votes in elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Tar Heel State is slated to be crucial in the 2024 elections, with closely watched races for the governorship and the state\u2019s 16 electoral votes in the presidential election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in North Carolina overturned a law prohibiting felons from voting before their rights are restored due to its &#8220;discriminatory intent.&#8221; The ruling doesn&#8217;t grant felons the right to vote but nullifies the law, possibly making it a separate felony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2228366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24065568859584-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24065568859584-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}