N.C. Republicans file lawsuit, claims Elections Board fails to properly register voters [View all]
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 driver’s 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 people’s 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.”
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