On Friday, the State Board of Elections released a list of identification cards that are approved to meet photo ID requirements for voting beginning with the 2020 elections. These IDs include tribal, student, and employee identification cards.
In a release, officials with the the State Board say they received 104 applications to use tribal enrollment cards or student and/or employee IDs from 81 institutions, including tribes, colleges and universities, charter schools and state and local governments, and that the vast majority of applications were approved.
However, more than a dozen student IDs failed to meet the requirements stated in the new law, including student ID cards at North Carolina A&T State University, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Greensboro, UNC School of the Arts, and Winston-Salem State University.
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UNCG released this statement on Voter ID:
"Ensuring all students, faculty and staff have the ability to vote is a long-standing high priority at UNC Greensboro (UNCG). We are working diligently with our fellow UNC System institutions, state regulators and the North Carolina General Assembly to clarify requirements for compliance with new Voter ID legislation. We have responded to the initial requests (attached) on time and in a manner we believed met the requirements. Given the response from the Board of Elections, we will continue to investigate ways to efficiently ensure that our ID’s meet relevant requirements while also addressing the related financial, logistical, and operational implications.
"Most important is ensuring UNCG students, faculty and staff can exercise their right to vote. This has been and always will be a high priority here. In fact, this is why in February UNCG was designated a “Voter Friendly Campus” by national nonpartisan organizations Campus Vote Project and NASPA (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) – an honor received by only about 2% of colleges and universities in the U.S (only 124 community colleges, colleges and universities). UNCG is one of 10 colleges and universities in North Carolina to receive this designation, and one of six in the UNC System. This designation recognizes our significant, on-going commitment to engaging students, providing access and resources to support voting, and encouraging our students to exercise this right.
"UNCG will continue to fully support the ability of our community to vote while working collaboratively to meet the new legislative requirements."
