Monday, October 31, 2016

North Carolina Sued Over Alleged Illegal Purge of Thousands of Voters

 
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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