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Mask bans are nothing new. Georgia, for instance, banned masks in 1951 to prevent Ku Klux Klan members from covering their faces in public, a law the Georgia Supreme Court upheld in 1990. North Carolina passed a similar law in 1953, which banned masks but allowed exceptions for things like Halloween costumes and, as of 2020, health concerns.
However, that looks like it is about to end. The North Carolina Senate recently passed a bill 30-15, along party lines, that would end allowances for public mask-wearing for health reasons. The bill is currently before the House. Like the 1953 law, this is clearly targeted at