{"id":2439965,"date":"2025-05-28T15:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-sues-ncsbe-for-registering-voters-without-proper-id\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:41:12","slug":"doj-sues-ncsbe-for-registering-voters-without-proper-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-sues-ncsbe-for-registering-voters-without-proper-id\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Sues NCSBE For Registering Voters Without Proper ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-sues-ncsbe-for-registering-voters-without-proper-id%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2439965&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S.Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) for not <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >maintaining accurate voter registration lists<\/a> and failing to enforce proper identification requirements for new voters.According to the lawsuit, the NCSBE violated the Help America Vote Act by allowing voters to register without the necessary identification information, leading to many voters remaining on the rolls without proper documentation. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon stated that accurate voter registration is crucial for fair elections. The complaint mirrors a previous lawsuit from the Republican Party challenging approximately 225,000 incomplete voter registrations. Despite election concerns raised over the years, especially during a period of Democratic leadership in the NCSBE, no resolution was enforced until recently, following the appointment of a new, Republican executive director. The actions aim to bolster election integrity and compliance with federal laws.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>Breccan F. 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Dhillon said. &ldquo;The Department of Justice will not hesitate to file suit against jurisdictions that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-files-lawsuit-over-inaccurate-voter-rolls-in-north-carolina\/\" title=\"DOJ files ... over &#039;inaccurate&#039; voter ... in ...\">maintain inaccurate voter registration rolls<\/a> in violation of federal voting laws.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is similar to one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinajournal.com\/lawsuit-challenging-225000-nc-voter-registrations-headed-to-oct-17-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initiated<\/a> by state and national Republican parties in 2024, where about 225,000 voter registrations were challenged for not providing the proper information. The current lawsuit references an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on March 25 titled &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the order is to &ldquo;ensure that elections are being held in compliance with federal laws that guard against illegal voting, unlawful discrimination, and other forms of fraud, error, or suspicion,&rdquo; the filing states. &ldquo;The cornerstone of public trust in government lies in free and fair elections. The core of the compact between a state and its citizens rests in ensuring that only eligible citizens can vote in elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sam Hayes, the NCSBE&rsquo;s new executive director, acknowledged that the board had failed to collect the proper information in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wect.com\/2025\/05\/28\/nc-state-board-elections-responds-after-us-doj-files-lawsuit-allegedly-failing-maintain-accurate-voter-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a>, &ldquo;We are still reviewing the complaint, but the failure to collect the information required by HAVA has been well documented.&nbsp;Rest assured that I am committed to bringing North Carolina into compliance with federal law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At issue in the Justice Department&rsquo;s filing, as well as the Republican Party filings and similar challenges <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/06\/federal-judge-decides-democrat-wins-nc-high-court-race-despite-thousands-of-questionable-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spearheaded<\/a> by Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, is the fact that the NCSBE use a confused registration document that did not signify that the accepted forms of identification were required to register, making some in the state believe it was optional.<\/p>\n<p>Although the concerns were known since at least late 2023, the then-Democrat-run NCSBE decided to do nothing about it and continue operating with hundreds of thousands of incomplete voter registrations. Despite multiple lawsuits, no court forced the NCSBE to resolve its error, despite many judges <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/14\/north-carolina-supreme-court-allows-60k-votes-lacking-id-to-count-in-high-court-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledging<\/a> the failure.<\/p>\n<p>Those decisions ultimately ended in Griffin losing his bid for state Supreme Court, with judges requiring that the votes count.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes, nominated by a Republican, took over as executive director after former director Karen Brinson Bell, a Democrat, was ousted earlier this year when the board declined to renew her nomination to the position.<\/p>\n<p>Before this year, the NCSBE was Democrat-run, as the majority of board members were chosen by the governor. Upon the election victory of now-Gov. Josh Stein, D-N.C., the state legislature stripped the governor of the power to appoint the board, giving it instead to the state auditor, Republican Dave Boliek. <\/p>\n<p>Boliek appointed a Republican majority to the board, causing a shakeup in operation and ostensibly a refocused effort on election integrity, which had been totally undermined under Democrat control, as The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/north-carolina-board-of-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> on numerous occasions. Stein is currently challenging the law that stripped him of appointment power for the NCSBE, but the state Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinajournal.com\/nc-supreme-court-allows-auditor-boliek-to-maintain-elections-board-appointments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued an order<\/a> on Friday allowing Boliek to maintain the power as the lawsuit proceeds through the judicial system.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Breccan F. Thies is a correspondent for The Federalist. He previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. 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