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Lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice, the North Carolina NAACP, the League of Women
Voters and the American Civil Liberties Union will argue the case against state lawyers over
the law in U.S. District Court in Winston-Salem on Monday. U.S. attorneys and civil rights
groups are asking a judge for a preliminary injunction to temporarily delay implementation of
parts of the law. The hearing is a prelude to a trial scheduled for July 2015 where a
judge will determine whether to uphold or strike down the law.

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The judge in the preliminary injunction case Monday will not rule on whether to uphold or
strike down the whole law with the voter ID mandate. Instead, he will decide what, if
any, specific parts should be delayed until a final decision on the law is made in 2015.

The group wants a judge to temporarily reinstate same-day voter registration, the longer early
voting period that was trimmed from 17 days to 10 days, and allow 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register
to vote. They also want polling officials barred from asking voters whether they have valid
identification when they vote. The law otherwise directs poll-workers to ask voters if they have
an ID and if they don’t, provide them with information on how to get one before the 2016 election.