The North Carolina State Board of Elections has removed 747,000 people from its registered voter list in the past 20 months, officials announced in a press release Thursday.
The state Board of Elections said in a statement that the majority of those removed from the rolls moved within the state and did not register a new address, or did not participate in the past two federal elections. Therefore, it was deemed ineligible for registration. , an inactive status is displayed.
Other reasons for removal include death, felony conviction, moving out of state and personal request for removal, the board said.
North Carolina is one of seven battleground states where the presidential election is likely to be decided between Vice President Harris and former President Trump. The only Democrat to have won the state in a presidential election this century was former President Barack Obama in 2008, but Harris is polling close to Trump.
The state is in a tight gubernatorial race between Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein.
Purge comes just weeks after North Carolina Republican Party filed a lawsuit The report said the state was not addressing complaints about ineligible people on the voter rolls.
In the Republican lawsuit, residents of Wake County, North Carolina, alleged that their driver's license and Social Security numbers were not listed on the county's voter registration forms.
“Defendants jeopardized the integrity of state elections by failing to collect certain legally required information before registering these applicants as voters,” the Republican complaint states. It is written.
Republicans also recently filed a lawsuit after the state approved a digital ID issued by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a valid form of voter ID, raising concerns. This claim was rejected by a local judge.
The state is currently 7.7 million registered voters. The Hill has reached out to the North Carolina State Board of Elections for comment.
