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Voting Rights
On Tuesday the NC State Board of Elections voted unanimously to allow Cornel West’s Justice For All Party to appear on November ballots. The board had previously declined to certify the party based on concerns over potential fraud in its signature gathering process; however, after a federal judge ruled that the board should have allowed the party on the ballot, they decided not to appeal and approved the party.
The State Board of Elections also voted Tuesday to allow digital student and employee ID cards from UNC-Chapel Hill for use as voter identification. The vote was split along party lines, with the three Democratic members in favor of approving the digital IDs and the two Republican members opposed.
On Thursday the North Carolina Republican Party and the Republican National Committee sued the NC State Board of Elections, claiming that the board is failing to adequately enforce a new law requiring elections officials to cross-check voter registrations with jury duty lists in order to remove non-citizens from voter rolls. The board said that they have been enforcing the law and have identified nine individuals who may need to be removed from voter rolls, but that they cannot directly remove these individuals from voter rolls within 90 days of an election according to NC law.
Health Care Policy
On Friday the NC Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a lawsuit brought by Ace Speedway against the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) may proceed. The business sued the state DHHS during the pandemic, alleging they were targeted unfairly when the DHHS sued them due to their failure to comply with pandemic emergency public health orders. State officials had moved to dismiss the case since people are not allowed to sue the government over policies they don’t like.
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