Republicans on North Carolina Board of Elections resign after mail-in ballot changes
Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, can nominate their replacements
By Evie Fordham | Fox News
Both Republicans on the five-person North Carolina State Board of Elections submitted their resignations on Wednesday night, saying they were misled about the ramifications of the board's recent legal settlement making rules governing absentee ballots less restrictive.
"Regarding the settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed by the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans against the State Board of Elections, attorneys from [Attorney General] Josh Stein’s office did not advise us of the fact that a lot of the concessions made in the settlement have already been denied in a prior case by a federal judge and another case by a state court three-judge panel," Ken Raymond, who had served on the board since 2018, wrote in his resignation letter.
The other Republican on the board, David Black, took issue with new guidance allowing that a ballot with deficient information won’t be considered “spoiled,†and the voter will be sent an affidavit to sign to rectify the problem.
"No further information but a signature by the voter affirming the ballot was theirs would be required," Black wrote in his resignation letter. "Not only was I taken aback by this but I am sure many county directors will be too."
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