Judge Rejects RNC Bid To End Minority Voter Protections

Judge Rejects RNC Bid To End Minority Voter Protections

A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the Republican National Committee to end nearly three-decade-old restrictions on GOP "ballot security" programs that historically discriminated against minority voters.

In a ruling that extended the restrictions for at least another eight years, but also slightly narrowed the consent decree containing them, U.S. District Court Judge Dickinson Debevoise of Newark asserted that "voter intimidation presents an ongoing threat to the participation of minority individuals in the political process."

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