North Carolina
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On Aug. 22, The North Carolina Republican Party and Republican National Committee jointly filed a lawsuit accusing the North Carolina State Board of Elections of allowing over 225,000 people to register to vote without providing proper proof of their identity.
The lawsuit claims that by using voter registration forms that did not require proof of identity such as a drivers license or the last four digits of a social security number the NCSBE violated the 2002 Help America Vote Act, which mandates that voter registration applications include this information.
According to the lawsuit, this opens the door for non-citizens to vote. The complaint asks a federal judge to revoke these peoples registrations, preventing them from voting in the 2024 election.
The State Board of Elections has a statutory duty to ensure only verified citizens can vote in North Carolina elections, NCGOP Director of Communications Matt Mercer wrote in an email to The Daily Tar Heel. Their refusal to take these steps and subsequent dismissal of legitimate concerns undermines election integrity and confidence in elections administration.
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2024/09/city-rnc-ncbse-lawsuit
Think. Again.
(22,456 posts)Check registration deadlines in any state here:
https://www.usvotefoundation.org/state-election-dates-and-deadlines
THEN:
Check your registration (and let others know they can check theirs) at any of these sites:
https://iwillvote.com/
(Be sure to choose YOUR state)
https://www.vote.org/
https://vote.gov/
Check your voter registration often, especially if you live in a state where republicans have any access to voter rolls or can effect voter registrations in ANY way.
See ya in November!
Coexist
(26,202 posts)The North Carolina GOP and the National GOP are aware that there is federal law prohibiting the State Board of Elections from implementing any new list maintenance policies in the period right before an election, and we are now in that period, she said.