- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Two of three judges at Wake County Superior Court in Raleigh declared the December 2018 law unconstitutional
- They said it had been rushed through, and deliberately picked-on black voters, who are more likely to vote Democrat
- Republicans have blasted those assertions, and insisted the law was designed to boost voter confidence in elections
- The categories of qualifying IDs were greatly expanded compared to the 2013 law to include college student and government-employee IDs
- Free IDs also were made available, and people without IDs can still vote if they fill out a form
- Republican lawmakers say they plan to appeal the verdict, but it is unlikely the law will be re-implemented before the November 2022 midterms