Overview

• On May 27, the DOJ filed suit against North Carolina and its State Board of Elections for using a registration form that failed to collect driver’s license numbers or Social Security digits, violating the Help America Vote Act
• The complaint estimates that more than 200,000 registered voters lack the required identifying information in their electronic records
• DOJ lawyers are seeking a court order to give the state 30 days to develop and execute a plan to reach out to those voters and update their files
• Executive Director Sam Hayes said the form was revised in January 2024 and pledged that the board will bring its registration process into full compliance
• The lawsuit enforces President Trump’s March executive order on election integrity and echoes prior GOP challenges by Judge Jefferson Griffin over missing ID data in Justice Allison Riggs’ 2024 race