Voter registration: Action NC v. Strach
Case name: Action NC v. Strach
What it's about: Voter registration
Summary: This lawsuit alleges that North Carolina has not done a good enough job ensuring that state agencies such as the DMV and human service agencies where people apply for Medicaid and other benefits comply with federal voter registration law. Specifically, those agencies must offer people the chance to register to vote when they seek other services. The plaintiffs argue these failures have come despite past admonitions by the federal courts and are in contravention of federal law. State agencies say they are improving their work on this front.
In the real world: Following the filing of this lawsuit, the state doubled the amount of a voter registrations processed by the DMV and human service agencies.
Where it stands: The two sides are in settlement negotiations.
