By Zachary Roth
Voting rights lawyers have filed suit against North Carolina and
three counties on behalf of the state's NAACP chapter over what they
allege is an illegal purge of the voter rolls.
The complaint charges that the counties have
been "cancelling the voter registrations of thousands of North Carolina
voters who have been targeted in coordinated, en masse challenge
proceedings brought in the final weeks and months before Election Day,
and whose right to vote has been challenged solely on the basis of a
single piece of undeliverable mail, in clear violation of the National
Voter Registration Act ("NVRA") and other federal laws."
A spokesman for the North Carolina Board of
Elections didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the
lawsuit, but the boards said last week that it believes the removals of
voters are legal.
The three counties named are Cumberland, Moore and Beauchamp.
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Source: NBC News
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