Mealey's (May 12, 2022, 3:40 PM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina federal judge on May 4 denied the North Carolina State Board of Elections’ (NCSBE) motion to dismiss a suit filed against it by a disability rights organization asserting that North Carolina absentee ballot provisions violate the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause by not permitting disabled absentee voters “to rely on the assistant of their choosing,” finding that the organization “has stated a plausible claim for relief” by showing that the cited North Carolina provisions appear to conflict with Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act....