Digital IDs could now be banned from use as voter photo identification in North Carolina elections, after state officials settled a Republican Paty lawsuit over the issue Friday.

The settlement allows for digital IDs to be used only if the state legislature passes a new law for it. The elections board itself will no longer be able to make those decisions in the future.

It stems from the Republican National Committee's attempt to make it harder for UNC-Chapel Hill students and employees to vote in the 2024 elections. The university issues digital IDs by default. The State Board of Elections had originally approved those digital IDs for use as voter ID, but the GOP lawsuit was successful in stopping the use of those IDs in 2024 after a ruling from the state's Republican-majority Court of A

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