Federal judge approves settlement in DOJ lawsuit over North Carolina voter rolls

The settlement between the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and the North Carolina State Board of Elections was approved by U.S. District Judge Richard Myers. The agreement forgoes the need for a trial.

“The United States and State Board Defendants, through counsel, have conferred in good faith and agree that this action should be settled without protracted and costly litigation,” he wrote in the order.

The department’s lawsuit, filed in May, alleged that North Carolina did not require new voters to provide identification, either in the form of their driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number, on a state voter registration form in violation of the Help America Vote Act. The suit cited allegations that over 200,000 records were filed

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