The Justice Department sued North Carolina on Wednesday, alleging the battleground state failed to maintain accurate voter registration lists.
The litigation advances President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14248, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” to ensure enforcement of existing federal election laws.
The federal complaint alleges North Carolina’s Board of Elections used a state voter registration form that failed to require a voter to provide identifying information such as a driver’s license or the last four digits of a Social Security number, as required under the Help America Vote Act.
“Accurate voter registration rolls are critical to ensure that elections in North Carolina are conducted fairly, accurately, and without fraud,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights…
