The nonprofit election integrity organization Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) is a nonprofit election integrity organization that works with the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) to ensure that eligible citizens, and only eligible citizens, can vote in state elections. ) filed a lawsuit against state constitution.
group made The announcement was made in a press release Wednesday, explaining that North Carolina's constitution “specifically requires that an individual reside in the state in order to vote.” The issue centers on state law, which RITE says allows people who “claim to be citizens but have never resided in North Carolina or even the United States” to vote. They say it violates the state constitution.
RITE argues that this is fundamentally unconstitutional and that the statues should be abolished and only eligible residents' ballots counted to further ensure election integrity.
The nonprofit also accuses NCSBE of directing county officials to “ignore important voter ID requirements for these voters.”
It explains:
Federal and state laws require officials to verify the last four digits of a person's driver's license or Social Security number when registering to vote. If authorities cannot verify these numbers when checking official databases, the federal Help America Vote Act (“HAVA”) and state law require these voters to present identification when returning their ballots. is required. Federal law exempts military members and some overseas voters from this identification requirement, but not people who have never lived in the United States. The NCSBE is illegally extending this federal exemption to these voters and must be stopped.
Derek Lyons, CEO and chairman of RITE, said in a statement that it is abundantly clear that North Carolina's constitution requires in-state residency for voters. However, the statue allows some people to bypass this basic requirement.
“But the state allows individuals who have never lived in North Carolina, let alone the United States, to vote in all elections in the state, from presidential to local government.” . “Worse still, the state Board of Elections has directed county officials to ignore important laws that help verify the citizenship and identity of these “never resident” voters.
Ultimately, Lyons said, the group is “confident that the court will order North Carolina to cease its illegal actions that undermine public confidence in overseas voting.”
The nonprofit's election integrity efforts are consistent with those made by the revamped Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Trump campaign, which announced an extensive election integrity program earlier this year. It now features more than 200,000 poll watchers and an extensive legal network to combat fraud. Action.
Watch — “We can’t leave this to chance” — RNC co-chair Lara Trump tells Republicans to vote early:
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“Every vote. Precinct by precinct. Every processing center. Every county. Every battleground state. We'll be there,” RNC co-chair Lara Trump said at the time.
