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North Carolina removes 747,000 people from voter rolls

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North Carolina removes 747,000 people from voter rolls

The North Carolina Board of Elections has removed more than 747,000 people from its list of registered voters with less than six weeks until Election Day.

This data was removed from state voter rolls over the past 20 months, according to an NCSBE press release issued Thursday.

“County boards follow careful policies to ensure that only ineligible data is deleted, not data related to eligible voters,” the release reads.

The three main reasons for removal are that the voter was found to be deceased, had a duplicate registration due to an in-state move, or was granted “inactive status” by election officials after failing to vote in two federal elections.

There are nearly 7.7 million registered voters in North Carolina.

The board’s announcement comes after the Republican National Committee and the North Carolina Republican Party filed two ineligible voter registration lawsuits against NCSBE in August.

Their efforts aimed to remove over 200,000 voters out of concern that the NCSBE had not taken adequate action to “clean up” the voter rolls by failing to check jury questionnaires to identify non-citizens and remove them from the voter rolls.

North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell attends an election forum on Thursday, September 19, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

“NCSBE has once again failed to fulfill its mandate to exclude non-citizens from the voter rolls, fueling distrust and jeopardizing our elections. “We adhere to the basic principle – and common sense – that only Americans decide American elections,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement at the time. “Willful failure to comply with the law just before the most important elections in our country is inexcusable.”

This election cycle, North Carolina has been at the forefront of politics in both state and national elections.

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The state of the battleground is a key part of the path to victory for the winner of the 2024 presidential election. An AARP poll released Wednesday shows that former President Donald Trump currently has a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Meanwhile, the state’s GOP candidate for governor became embroiled in a scandal he described as “salacious tabloid lies.” Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is fighting for his political future by denying allegations that he posted lewd and racist comments on a pornographic website more than a decade ago. Although he vehemently denies the allegations, Robinson lost key GOP support while running to become North Carolina’s first Republican governor since 1985.