New law requires more early voting sites in hurricane-hit North Carolina counties
The State Board of Elections has $5 million for aiding hurricane-damaged counties in carrying out the election.
The State Board of Elections has $5 million for aiding hurricane-damaged counties in carrying out the election.
Registered Republicans have edged out registered Democrats in early voting, though turnout is only about 30%.
Judge says the provision likely violates assurances in the Voting Rights Act that blind, disabled and illiterate voters can get help from a person of their choosing.
Republicans hold a 2-to-1 majority of registered voters in the 25-county federal disaster area.
Democratic lawmakers who opposed the 2023 law said it was vague and could hurt candidates, campaign workers, nursing home employees or others who make good-faith efforts to help people obtain and mail absentee ballots.
Republican lawmakers in the North Carolina General Assembly have adopted barring non-U.S. citizens from voting, which is already the law under the state constitution, as a pet project heading into the November election.
A study of 42 jurisdictions in the 2016 election by the Brennan Center turned up 30 incidents of suspected non-citizen voting among 23.5 million votes cast.
Republicans once were at least as likely as Democrats to vote by mail, but Trump changed the dynamics in 2020.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said when he signed the law in March that it would ban political operatives from collecting and handling large numbers of ballots.
‘It’s time for us to stand up and make sure our votes are counted.’