North Carolina’s highest court could determine whether election officials retain special legal privileges that allow them to defame individual voters and set a precedent for how voter fraud claims are pursued. The North Carolina Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday morning for Bouvier v. Porter — a suit that has lingered in state courts over the past seven years. The case centers around four voters from Guilford and Brunswick County who claim they were defamed by supporters of former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory in the aftermath of the 2016 election.
RALEIGH, N.C (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court could determine whether partisan officials who file election complaints retain special legal privileges that shield them from defamation claims and set a
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The North Carolina Supreme Court heard oral arguments related to voter fraud allegations made after the 2016 election. The Thursday hearing sets the stage for how partisan officials can pursue claims of voter fraud in future state elections. A group of four voters claimed in a 2017 lawsuit they were defamed by supporters of former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory after he lost to now Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper by about 10,000 votes in 2016. The lawsuit says McCrory supporters submitted election protests to local elections board falsely claiming the voters had double voted. The defendants say they had legal immunity to make those allegations.