Overview

• The Justice Department sued on May 27, alleging North Carolina violated the America Vote Act by using a registration form that did not require driver’s license or Social Security numbers.
• The complaint asks a judge to order the state to contact voters with incomplete records, collect their identifying numbers within 30 days, and update the electronic rolls.
• Court filings cite estimates that more than 200,000 registrants lack required ID information in the statewide database.
• The State Board of Elections updated its voter registration form in January 2024 but had planned to gather missing ID numbers only when voters appeared at polling locations.
• Executive Director Sam Hayes pledged to bring North Carolina into compliance with federal law, and the suit aligns with a March executive order on election integrity.