The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an effort by the Republican National Committee to overturn a 30-year old court order aimed at protecting minority voters from intimidation, the Associated Press reports.
The order stems from a lawsuit filed by Democrats in New Jersey in 1981 that objected to a “ballot security” program the RNC ran in minority neighborhoods.
Republicans said the order hampers efforts to combat voter fraud, but U.S. District Judge Dickinson Debevoise said voter intimidation remains a threat and preventing it outweighs the potential danger of fraud.
The court’s rejection of the RNC’s appeal leaves the order in places until at least 2017.
