BILL O’NEIL JOINS US N GREENSBORO WITH THAT STORY, ALL NEW AT 5:00. BILL: SCHOOL LEADERS AT GREENSBORO SAY THAT STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE SCHOOL ID’S TO VOTE. THEY JUST SWITCHED THEIR ID CARDS A YEAR AGO, AND HIRING A NEW VENDOR AND INVESTING TIME AND MONEY. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO REPRINT STUDENT RECORDS. BILL: THE SCHOOL’S DEAN OF STUDENTS SAYS GSO COLLEGE ESTIMATES ONLY A FEW STUDENTS WOULD NEED A SCHOOL ID TO VOTE AND COULDN’T JUSTIFY THE EXPENSE. NORTH CAROLINA REQUIRES SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON STUDENT ID CARDS SOMETHING GSO , COLLEGE CURRENTLY DOESN’T HAVE. IT ALSO REQUIRES THE SCHOOL TO VERIFY THE STUDENT’S IDENTITY AND WHETHER THEY QUALIFY TO VOTE. WE CERTAINLY ASK FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, BUT IT’S NOT REQUIRED. WE DO NOT REQUIRE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE. BILL: YESTERDAY STUDENTS QUESTIONED THE NEW VOTER ID LAW DURING A PUBLIC HEARING IN RALEIGH ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW RULES. MANY FELT THE NEW LAW DISENFRANCHISES CERTAIN GROUPS INCLUDING STUDENTS. ALL FOUND THE LAW CONFUSING. I HAVE RECEIVED. >> I HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER STUDENTS WERE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, WHETHER THEY NEEDED ID’S TO VOTE, AND WHERE THEY COULD BE ISSUED. THE COURTS THREW OUT NC’S FIRST PHOTO ID LAW WHICH DIDN’T ALLOW COLLEGE ID’S. THE NEW LAW ALLOWS SCHOOL ID’S. >> IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER. BILL: BUT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS DISCOVERED THE PROCESS WAS MORE COMPLICATED AND PLACED MORE OF A BURDEN ON THE SCHOOL. >> IT WAS THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT TO A TEST, THIS INDIVIDUAL -- TO ATTEST, THIS INDIVIDUAL IS WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE. BILL: GSO COLLEGE STUDENTS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES WHO WON’T BE ABLE TO USE THEIR SCHOOL ID’S IN THE 2020 ELECTION. BUT IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW