Opinion | North Carolina voters have seen it all. There's still cause for optimism.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : In addition to implementing voter ID, North Carolina's Republican Legislature has also further restricted vote-by-mail options.
52% : While a trial court judge initially ruled that the digital IDs met voter ID requirements, the state court of appeals overruled the trial courts' decision.
50% : The higher courts' ruling has led to a scramble by UNC-Chapel Hill administrators and student advocacy groups to ensure that students who do not have another acceptable form of voter ID are able to obtain a physical student ID card free of charge.

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