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Voter ID Now State Law In NC

The bill now becomes law and would largely take effect when municipal elections occur next fall.

Voter photo identification will be required again in North Carolina now that the Republican-controlled legislature has overridden a veto by the state's Democratic governor.

RELATED: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Vetoes Latest Voter ID Legislation

The state House completed the override Wednesday, a day after the Senate also voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill implementing a constitutional amendment. The bill now becomes law and would largely take effect when municipal elections occur next fall.

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Voters in November approved a referendum requiring photo ID to vote in person. The legislature returned a few weeks later to fill in the details of qualifying identification cards and exceptions to that new mandate.

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Federal judges struck down a 2013 state law that included photo ID and other voting restrictions, ruling they were approved with intentional racial discrimination in mind.

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