Most of the ballots being challenged were cast by voters whose registration records lacked either a driver’s license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number.
Election results show Democrat Allison Riggs ahead of GOP challenger Jefferson Griffin by just 734 votes from over 5.5 million ballots cast.
The licensing law ‘protects consumers from potentially harmful economic and legal consequences that could flow from mistaken land measurements.’
‘The coverage exclusions facially discriminate on the basis of sex and gender identity, and are not substantially related to an important government interest,’ Judge Roger Gregory said.
The American Civil Liberties Union in North Carolina expressed disappointment but said the ‘narrowed interpretation of the statute’ could ‘limit some of its harmful impact.’
