WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the RNC and North Carolina Republican Party
submitted a proposed consent judgement to the court in their case against the
North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) for failing to remove illegal
non-citizens from voter rolls leading up to the 2024 election in adherence
to Senate Bill
352.
Under
this law, anyone who claims they are not a U.S. citizen to avoid jury duty must
have their information sent to state election officials to verify they are
ineligible to vote and initiate their removal from voter rolls. The RNC, North
Carolina Republican Party, and the NCSBE have agreed to the terms of the
proposed consent judgment, and the parties are waiting on approval from the
court. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Joe Gruters released
the following statement:
“North
Carolina Democrats are illegally trying to pad voter rolls with people who are
not citizens,” said Chairman Gruters. “It is straightforward: if someone
admits they are not a citizen when they are considered for jury duty, that same
information should be used to ensure they are not registered to vote. Election
officials have a clear responsibility to uphold the law, and the RNC is taking
action to make sure that non-citizens are removed from North Carolina’s
voter rolls.”
Background:
- The RNC and North Carolina
Republican Party submitted a proposed consent agreement requiring the
NCSBE to use jury information to remove non-citizens from North Carolina's
voter rolls.
- The NCSBE agreed to the terms
of the proposed consent judgment, and the parties are waiting on approval
from the Court.
- In 2024, the RNC and North
Carolina Republican Party sued the NCSBE for violating a
North Carolina law that requires the Board to use
information received from clerks of court about non-citizens to maintain
voter rolls. North Carolina law prohibits non-citizens from voting in
state elections and prohibits them from serving on juries.
- In 2023, North Carolina’s
General Assembly passed a law that requires clerks of court to report to
the NCSBE when non-citizens request to be excused from jury duty on
the basis that they are not a citizen. The NCSBE can then use this
information to determine whether that person appears on the voter rolls,
or worse, has voted in past elections.
- In 2024, the RNC filed a
public-records request with the NCSBE to ensure the Board was in
compliance with the law, however, the Board failed to provide
any response.
- After the RNC and North
Carolina Republican Party sued, the Board agreed to follow state law and
utilize the information received from county clerks to remove non-citizens
from the voter rolls. This common-sense law makes U.S. elections fair and
secure.
- The RNC is engaged in
litigation across the country to ensure that non-citizens are removed from
voter rolls and that only lawful votes are counted.
- The RNC is actively defending
President Trump's Executive
Order requiring documentary proof of citizenship, and the
RNC just filed a cert
petition at the Supreme Court to defend Arizona's law
similarly requiring documentary proof of citizenship.
- Stay up to date with the RNC’s election
integrity efforts here.
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