NC House passes voter ID bill
RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — North Carolina House lawmakers voted 67-40 in favor of the Voter ID bill on Wednesday.
An amendment to S.B. 824 also requires the State Board of Elections to implement rules for verifying absentee ballots in a more secure manner consistent with in-person photo ID requirements, including the option to complete an affidavit asserting a reasonable impediment to obtaining a qualifying identification.
Because of that, the bill now heads back to the Senate, which passed the initial measure last week.
The Senate will reconvene at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
North Carolina is the last state in the Southeast not to have any form of voter ID law.
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