More than five years after the North Carolina NAACP and a few local chapters sued the state over a 2018 voter ID law, a trial for the lawsuit challenging the law begins on Monday. 

The lawsuit, as well as similar lawsuits in state courts, had delayed implementation of the law that required voters to show a picture ID until last year’s municipal elections. Photo IDs were required for 1.8 million voters who cast ballots during the state’s primary in March. State election data showed ID-related problems only disqualified fewer than 500 provisional ballots during the primary contest.

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