The Department of Justice (DOJ) on May 28 sued North Carolina’s election board, alleging officials violated federal law by failing to obtain certain details for people who registered to vote.
State officials have acknowledged violations of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 but took limited actions to prevent future violations, according to the lawsuit.
That’s left a “significant number of voters” registered without a driver’s license number or other identifying number, the DOJ said in the suit.
HAVA prohibits states from accepting applications for voter registration unless the applicant provides a driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number. For people without a license and Social Security number, states “shall assign the applicant a number which will serve to identify the applicant for voter registration purposes,” the law says….
Federal Government Sues North Carolina Over Allegedly Faulty Voter Registration Records
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