NC asks US Supreme Court to restore election rules

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

NC asks US Supreme Court to restore election rules
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press | October 2, 2014 | Updated: October 2, 2014 6:24pm

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina attorneys swiftly pleaded to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday for the state to be allowed to carry out two key voting changes for the fall election.

The lawyers representing the state and Gov. Pat McCrory asked the Court to block Wednesday's split decision of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that said the state could not implement the changes.

The majority on a 4th Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a state law eliminating same-day registration during the in-person early voting period and counting votes cast outside of a voter's assigned precinct on Election Day should be set aside while litigation continues. Other changes to the law passed last year were upheld.

By the same 2-1 decision earlier Thursday, the three-judge circuit panel rejected the request from state lawyers to delay implementing its ruling. The two-sentence order prompted the state to file their emergency application for relief with the Supreme Court.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/NC-attorneys-ask-that-voter-laws-ruling-be-delayed-5796524.php

[Jack Rabbit]

1. We know the score

Shysters 5, Justices 4

[The Magistrate]

3. Unfortunately, Sir, I Expect You Are Right

When the chips are down, those five vote straight party ticket, and justice or the Constitution be damned.

[marble falls]

2. To be this freaking hard handed about this shows a certain amount of desperation .