GOP-backed elections rule could violate state law

New guidelines for voting adopted by the state elections board's Republican majority might conflict with state law. Under the newly adopted rule, around 98,000 North Carolina voters previously eligible to cast regular ballots in state and local elections might now have to vote provisionally.

As required under the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, these 98,000 voters provided either a driver's license number or last four digits of their Social Security Number when registering. But, for a host of reasons, that number was not validated because it didn't match with a government database.

Under state law, a registered voter in that position would have to provide a so-called HAVA document, such as a utility bill, with name and address on it, when first presenting to vote after registering.

At that point, the voter's eligibility would be confirmed and they would be listed as active and entitled to cast regular ballots.



https://www.wunc.org/politics/2025-08-28/gop-backed-elections-rule-could-violate-state-law