Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein have taken steps to withdraw the state’s petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court of State of North Carolina V. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP which challenge voting reforms law enacted in 2013. 

 

A Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals panel overturned that law last year, charging the members of the General Assembly purposely sought to limit ballot box access for African Americans. 

 

The State Board of Elections, its individual members, and its Executive Director will remain in the case. The U.S Supreme Court is scheduled to take its first review of the case at its March 3rd conference.