{"id":2328289,"date":"2024-08-21T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-election-board-allows-virtual-student-ids-to-comply-with-mandate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:19:31","slug":"north-carolina-election-board-allows-virtual-student-ids-to-comply-with-mandate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-election-board-allows-virtual-student-ids-to-comply-with-mandate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina election board allows virtual student IDs to comply with mandate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fnorth-carolina-election-board-allows-virtual-student-ids-to-comply-with-mandate-washington-examiner%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=2328289&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>The North Carolina State Board \u2064of Elections has recently\u2063 approved the use of a virtual identification, specifically the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s Mobile UNC \u200dOne Card, as a valid form\u200d of ID for \u2064voting in upcoming elections. This decision, made with a 3-2 vote predominantly along party lines, marks the first time a mobile ID has \u200cbeen recognized under the state&#8217;s \u2062voter ID law. While the board has previously accepted various\u200c physical student IDs from institutions like Wake Forest University and Duke University, the Mobile UNC One\u200b Card is unique in that it is accessible only via \u200diPhones and\u2064 necessitates an official \u2064photo ID for activation.<\/p>\n<p>The approval process allows for a range of identification types, including \u2063student, employee, local government \u2063IDs, and traditional forms of\u2064 ID such as driver&#8217;s licenses and passports. However, the decision has drawn \u2062criticism from the North Carolina Republican Party, who argue that it\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-sues-georgia-over-new-election-law\/\" title=\"Justice Department sues Georgia over new election law\">undermines election integrity<\/a> and raises concerns about the legitimacy of using digital\u200d IDs when other forms are already available.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">North Carolina election board allows virtual student IDs to comply with mandate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1734990\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"North Carolina\">North Carolina<\/a> State Board of Elections has approved the first virtual form of identification to comply with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-id-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"voter ID law\">voter ID law<\/a> in the Tar Heel State.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Democratic-controlled board voted 3-2, with both Republicans opposing, to allow the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill&rsquo;s Mobile UNC One Card to be accepted as a valid ID allowing a citizen to vote in the November <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"election\">election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state board of elections has approved several other forms of student ID as valid for voting, including student IDs for Wake Forest University, Duke University, and North Carolina State University, but the UNC One Card will be the first mobile ID approved to be used for identification at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>The state board&rsquo;s guidelines for an ID to be approved for use at the polls allow for various types of IDs to submit paperwork to be approved, including student IDs, employee IDs, local government IDs, and traditional forms of ID, such as a driver&rsquo;s license or passport.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile UNC One Card is accessible only on iPhones and requires an official photo ID, such as a passport or driver&rsquo;s license, to get a mobile ID.<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina Republican Party claimed that the Democratic-controlled board was &ldquo;playing more games with Election Integrity,&rdquo; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;The NC State Board of Elections is playing more games with Election Integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Permitting a &#8220;Digital ID&#8221; on its face VIOLATES Voter ID requirements, especially when many other options are readily available &amp; funded by State Law.<\/p>\n<p>Rest assured &mdash; we won&#8217;t stand for it.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCPOL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCPOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCGOP (@NCGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCGOP\/status\/1825939594405466418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The NC State Board of Elections is playing more games with Election Integrity. Permitting a &lsquo;Digital ID&rsquo; on its face VIOLATES Voter ID requirements, especially when many other options are readily available &amp; funded by State Law. Rest assured &mdash; we won&rsquo;t stand for it,&rdquo; the party posted on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Republican-led state legislature passed North Carolina&rsquo;s voter ID law in 2018, but it had been blocked pending legal challenges until May 2023. The November election will be the first major election since the law took effect.<\/p>\n<p>The Tar Heel State is considered &ldquo;lean Republican&rdquo; by the <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> and has narrowly voted Republican in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-coalition-decries-treatment-of-jan-6-defendants-in-dc-gulag\/\" title=\"Republican Coalition Decries Treatment of Jan. 6 Defendants in &quot;DC Gulag&quot;\">recent presidential elections<\/a>. The last time a Democrat won the presidential race in North Carolina was in 2008.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1734990\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1734990\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Carolina State Board of Elections has authorized the use of a virtual student ID to meet the state&#8217;s voter ID requirements. On Tuesday, the board, which is controlled by Democrats, voted 3-2 in favor of accepting the Mobile UNC One Card from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a valid form of identification for voting in the upcoming November election. While other student IDs from institutions like Wake Forest University, Duke University, and North Carolina State University have also been approved for voting purposes, this marks the first time a mobile ID has been accepted at polling places. The state\u2019s guidelines permit various types of IDs\u2014including student IDs and traditional forms like driver&#8217;s licenses or passports\u2014to be submitted for approval. The Mobile UNC One Card is only available on iPhones and requires an official photo ID to obtain it.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this decision, the North Carolina Republican Party criticized the Democratic-led board on social media, claiming that allowing a &#8220;Digital ID&#8221; undermines voter ID laws since there are numerous other options available that comply with state law. They expressed their determination to oppose this move.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina&#8217;s voter ID law was enacted by a Republican-majority legislature in 2018 but faced legal challenges until it was reinstated in May 2023. This November election will be significant as it will be the first major election under this law&#8217;s implementation. The Cook Political Report categorizes North Carolina as &#8220;lean Republican,&#8221; noting its recent trend toward supporting Republican candidates in presidential elections; Democrats last won here in 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2328290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/north-carolina-voter-id-law-virtual-id.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38795,34493,32258,38794,32076],"class_list":["post-2328289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-compliance-mandate","tag-election-board","tag-north-carolina","tag-virtual-student-ids","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/north-carolina-voter-id-law-virtual-id.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328289","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=2328289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}