NC Election Board’s ‘Digital’ Voter ID Rule Violates State Law

Guidance issued by North Carolina’s Democrat-run election board permitting a state university’s students and employees to use “digital” ID to vote violates state law, a legal challenge filed Thursday alleges.

Brought by the Republican National Committee and North Carolina GOP, the lawsuit contends that a rule approved by the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) “allowing precinct workers to rely upon the University of North Carolina [UNC] Chapel Hill’s digital student and employee identification” to present as a valid form of photo ID when voting in elections. Individual board members and NCSBE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell are listed as defendants in the case.

According to plaintiffs, the board “voted to change their established position and accept electronic student and employee identification documents from UNC as saved on a computer system and produced to a precinct…