WASHINGTON,
D.C. – This week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the
North Carolina Republican Party secured a major election integrity victory by
entering into a consent judgment with the North Carolina State Board of
Elections (NCSBE) in their lawsuit over the Board’s failure to remove
non-citizens from voter rolls leading up to the 2024 election.
The
agreement requires the NCSBE to comply with state law by using jury-duty
records to identify and remove individuals who have acknowledged they are not
U.S. citizens from North Carolina’s voter rolls. Once approved by the court,
the consent judgment will carry the full force of a court order.
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.
"This agreement is a major win for election integrity in North
Carolina,” said RNC Chairman Joe Gruters. “It’s straightforward: if someone
admits they’re not a U.S. citizen during jury duty, that information should be
used to check the voter rolls and remove anyone who doesn’t belong. Our fight
ensures the law is actually enforced and North Carolina Democrats can't cheat
by padding voter rolls with people who are not citizens.”
Background:
- This week, a North Carolina
court approved a consent
judgment between the RNC and North Carolina Republican
Party and the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) that
requires the Board to use jury-duty records to help identify and remove
non-citizens from voter rolls.
- 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 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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