The second rehearing in two days belt like the first on redistricting: The court was not ducking questions about how it had ruled on whether the law the General Assembly passed during a lame duck session to enact voter ID discriminated against African-Americans, as it had ruled.
North Carolina’s Supreme Court opened the door Friday to nullifying a voter ID mandate approved by citizens in 2018. The court's 4-3 majority said lawmakers who put it on the ballot were elected from districts tainted by illegal racial bias.