Conservative Group Keeps Up Fight to End Same-Day Registration Used by Many Black Voters

‘A Ploy’

‘The only discrimination here is against procrastinators,’ said the head of the group suing to try to end same-day registration.

Published Dec. 8 2016 1:00AM EST

articles/2016/12/08/conservative-group-keeps-up-fight-to-end-same-day-registration-used-by-many-black-voters/161207-murphy-nc-registration_sxszyl — Brian Snyder / Reuters

The battle for the North Carolina governor’s mansion finally ended this week, but the war over who can and cannot vote in the Tar Heel state is just getting started thanks to a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s same-day voter registration law, a 2008 measure that allows eligible voters to...

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Conservative Group Keeps Up Fight to End Same-Day Registration Used by Many Black Voters

‘The only discrimination here is against procrastinators,’ said the head of the group suing to try to end same-day registration.

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Patricia Murphy