‘This is our Selma': North Carolina voting rights trial threatens 50 years of progress

Federal court will hear challenge to recent changes in state’s voting laws thought to discriminate against black voters to drive down turnout

A landmark voting rights trial that opens in North Carolina on Monday will determine the way the 2016 presidential election is conducted in the state and could have long-lasting implications for the politics of the American south. The federal district court in Winston-Salem is expected to take at least two weeks to consider a legal challenge to the state’s recent changes to its voting laws, which are widely regarded to be among the most restrictive in the country. Republican governor Patrick McCrory, in his official capacity, and the state itself will be on trial, accused of intentionally discriminating against black voters in an attempt to drive down turnout within this traditionally Democratic-voting community.


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/this-is-our-selma-north-carolina-voting-rights-trial-threatens-50-years-of-progress/