The North Carolina Board of Elections' settlement agreement left out the General Assembly, a party to the suit. | Stock Photo
The North Carolina Board of Elections' settlement agreement left out the General Assembly, a party to the suit. | Stock Photo
A settlement between the North Carolina Board of Elections and national Democrats over a lawsuit filed about absentee ballots rewrites election law passed by the General Assembly, a Republican state senator said.
The settlement agreement between the two opposing parties in a lawsuit would allow anonymous absentee ballot drop boxes and remove the requirement that absentee ballots required a witness to sign an absentee ballot, legibly writing his or her name and address, Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) said Sept. 22 on his press website.
“We knew they would play around on the margins to give Democrats an edge, but this is a full-frontal assault on election integrity laws passed after widespread absentee ballot fraud undid the results of the 2018 Congressional election,” Berger said in his post.
The General Assembly and the Board of Elections were sued by Democratic Party lawyer Marc Elias to remove "absentee ballot fraud protections," Berger said on his website. The Board of Elections secretly agreed to this settlement with the Democratic plaintiffs.
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