Overview

• A three-judge panel from the North Carolina Court of Appeals has temporarily prohibited the use of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's mobile One Card as voter identification.
• The decision overturns a prior ruling by the State Board of Elections that had approved the digital IDs, arguing they met security and photo requirements.
• The Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party challenged the approval, claiming state law only permits physical ID cards for voting.
• Democratic National Committee attorneys argue that the ruling could disenfranchise up to 40,000 students and employees who rely on the digital IDs.
• North Carolina, a key battleground state, has multiple approved forms of physical voter ID, and the ruling can still be appealed to the state Supreme Court.