Republicans on North Carolina Board of Elections resign after mail-in ballot changes

Michie said:

Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, can nominate their replacements

Both Republicans on the five-person North CarolinaState Board of Elections submitted their resignations on Wednesday night, saying they were misled about the ramifications of the board's recent legal settlement making rules governing absentee ballots less restrictive.

“Regarding the settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed by the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans against the State Board of Elections, attorneys from [Attorney General] Josh Stein’s office did not advise us of the fact that a lot of the concessions made in the settlement have already been denied in a prior case by a federal judge and another case by a state court three-judge panel," Ken Raymond, who had served on the board since 2018, wrote in his resignation letter.

The other Republican on the board, David Black, took issue with new guidance allowing that a ballot with deficient information won’t be considered “spoiled,” and the voter will be sent an affidavit to sign to rectify the problem.

"No further information but a signature by the voter affirming the ballot was theirs would be required," Black wrote in his resignation letter. "Not only was I taken aback by this but I am sure many county directors will be too."

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Republicans on North Carolina Board of Elections resign after mail-in ballot changes

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Arc F1 said:

I'm afraid this election is going to be a mess. Hopefully I'm wrong but I think we are going to find all kinds of corruption.

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• The name and address of the residence of the voter
• The name and address of the voter’s near relative or verifiable legal guardian if that individual is making the request
• The address of the voter to which the application and absentee ballots are to be mailed if different from the residence address of the voter
• One of the following types of identification numbers for the voter:
  
  • North Carolina driver’s license
  • North Carolina special identification card for nonoperators
  • last four digits of social security number
• The voter’s date of birth.
• The signature of the voter or of the voter’s near relative or verifiable legal guardian, if that individual is making the request
• A clear indicator of the date the election generating the request is to be held
• If a voter who is seeking a ballot for a partisan primary is registered as unaffiliated, the political party in whose primary the voter wishes to participate must be identified. This information enables the board of elections to determine which type of ballot to send to the voter.