Voting Rights in North Carolina

Professor Spencer Overton appeared on NPR’s Tell Me More to debate The United States Department of Justice’s lawsuit against North Carolina over new restrictions in the voting procedures that the state adopted after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated parts of the Voting Rights Act. Appearing opposite of Hans von Spakovsky, a Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, Professor Overton argued that North Carolina’s new law is among the most restrictive in the nation, and that the new rules will disproportionately affect minority voters.