The 2020 election brought out 178,000 votes tallied in New Hanover County. (Port City Daily/Johanna Still)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY One of the controversial election-related actions in recent years has been the purging of voter rolls the official records of people who are registered to vote. That status is a critical part of a person’s ability to vote in an election.
Both state and federal laws require that states’ rolls of registered voters are “accurate and up to date,” according to a news release sent Thursday by the N.C. Board of Elections (BOE).
“Accurate voter rolls are maintained by removing voters who have moved or died or are otherwise ineligible to vote in that jurisdiction,” a spokesperson for the state elections board said in the release. “Voter roll list maintenance is important because it ensures ineligible voters are not included on poll books, reduces the possibility for poll worker error and decreases opportunities for fraud.”
Cabarrus Board of Elections begins required voter list maintenance processes
Registered voters inactive for four-plus years should confirm status Registered voters inactive for four-plus years should confirm status (Source: WBTV File) By David Whisenant | January 15, 2021 at 1:37 PM EST - Updated January 15 at 1:37 PM
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - The Cabarrus County Board of Elections has begun a routine voter list maintenance process, as required by state and federal laws. To keep voter rolls accurate and up to date, local officials are tasked with removing voters who have moved, died or are otherwise ineligible to vote in Cabarrus County. Those who have been inactive for four or more years are required to confirm their status.
26 days from the crucial elections as the battle over voter registration is becoming one of the biggest issues in the race for gaeorggeorgia s govern. more than 53,000 voter registration applications have been on hold. he s also the republican nominee for governor running against democratic nominee stacy abrams. this morning abrams said she is very concerned. we got 53,000 georgians have their registration in pinending status. provisional ballots are not processed. we re worried that 53,000 people, 70% of whom is african-american will be disenfranchised in this election. 70% of whom are african-american. kemp denies this accusation. they conduct regular list maintenance to ensure voter integrity. that s their wording, as required by federal and state
the u.s. district judge, claude helton said i just don t find there s a strong showing of any inequitable treatment or the deprivation of anyone s rights. if these voters that were purged were also registered in another state, is there really a problem? that wouldn t be the problem. the problem is that these kind of purges so close to an election cause confusion and can cause intimidation. so if this were a federal election, this type of purge would be clearly illegal because purging is not allowed within 90 days of any federal election. but this case just shows us how important state voting rights law are, so it s not as clear under state law as it is federal law, but doing this type of list maintenance or purging, which does have some errors in it and does cause confusion is not allowed under principle under federal law and should not be allowed under state law either. you bring up this margin of error. as you look at how this race is rolling out, it s expected to be very close w