In North Carolina, officials are petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate parts of North Carolina’s strict voter ID laws, which were blocked last month after a court ruled the measures discriminated against African Americans and targeted them “with almost surgical precision.” Last month’s ruling means up to 5 percent of the state’s registered voters targeted by the law can now vote in the general election. But state officials are asking the Supreme Court to reverse this decision, which would once again make it harder for people to vote in November.