The Justice Department filed suit on Monday to block North Carolina’s new voter-ID law, with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. accusing state Republicans of engaging in a deliberate effort to suppress black voter turnout.
“The Obama Justice Department’s baseless claims about North Carolina’s election reform law are nothing more than an obvious attempt to quash the will of the voters and hinder a hugely popular voter ID requirement,” North Carolina State Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis, both Republicans, said.
