NC Will Appeal Ruling That Blocked Voter Photo ID Law

North Carolina's attorney general says the state will appeal a federal judge's ruling that blocks a photo identification voting law. But Attorney General Josh Stein says in a statement released Thursday that his office won't seek a stay of the ruling before the March 3 primary because that would create too much confusion. On Tuesday, a federal judge blocked the photo identification requirement until a lawsuit filed by the state NAACP and others is heard. The judge ruled the ID mandate is tainted by bias that would deter black and Latino residents. Although the primary is two months away, mail-in absentee voting starts in less than two weeks.