RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voting rights advocates were in federal court Tuesday, trying to block a law related to felons’ voting rights ahead of the 2024 elections.
They want to make it so that people who illegally register to vote while on probation or parole for a felony can only be charged if they knew what they were doing was wrong.
They’re not trying to get the entire felon voting ban thrown out; they just want more leeway for people who register to vote when they shouldn’t have — a felony on its own.
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