North Car­oli­na judge allows vir­tu­al stu­dent IDs to be accept­ed for vot­ing

A North Car­oli­na judge reject­ed a Repub­li­can-led effort to block vir­tu­al stu­dent IDs from being used as accept­able vot­er IDs for the elec­tion, rul­ing the state board did not vio­late the law in approv­ing their use.
Last month, the Demo­c­ra­t­ic-led state board of elec­tions approved the use of the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Car­oli­na at Chapel Hill’s Mobile UNC One Card for vot­er ID along par­ty lines. The approval marked the first vir­tu­al form of i …