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From Breitbart: The nonprofit election integrity group Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) has filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE), aimed to ensure that eligible citizens, and eligible citizens only, can vote in the state’s elections, per the state’s constitution.
The group made this announcement in a Wednesday press release, explaining that North Carolina’s constitution “specifically requires individuals to reside in the state in order to vote.” The issue centers around a state statute, which RITE says conflicts with the state’s constitution, as it allows “those to vote who claim to be citizens but have never resided in North Carolina or even the United States.”
RITE says this is fundamentally unconstitutional, and therefore, the statue must be made obsolete to further ensure election integrity, with ballots of eligible citizen residents being the only ones that are counted.
The nonprofit also accuses the NCSBE of directing county officials to “disregard important voter ID requirements for these voters.”
In the group’s statement, they write, “Federal and state laws require officials to match individuals’ driver’s license or the last four digits of social security numbers when they register to vote. When officials are unable to verify these numbers when checking official databases, the federal Help America Vote Act (“HAVA”) and state law require these voters to provide ID when returning their ballots. Federal law exempts military and certain overseas voters from this ID requirement, but not those have never resided in the United States. The NCSBE has unlawfully applied this federal exemption to these voters and they must be stopped.”
“Voting for our eligible military and overseas should be easy, but that does not extend to those ineligible to vote, nor does it mean ignoring crucial verification requirements for others living in foreign countries who claim to be citizens,” declared Derek Lyons, RITE’s CEO and president, in a statement.
RITE has sued the North Carolina State Board of Elections to make sure only eligible citizens can vote in NC elections. The state Constitution specifically requires people to reside in NC to vote, but a state statute directly conflicts with that.
Our release & statement: pic.twitter.com/U4CDu5rfBt
— Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) (@Restoring_USA) October 2, 2024
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