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North Carolina Adds New Restrictions to Vote-by-Mail Program
nytimes.com • • nation
Key Points:
- The North Carolina State Board of Elections, controlled by Republicans, approved new restrictions on the state's vote-by-mail program, making it easier for local officials to discard ballots with unsealed envelopes and limiting who can drop off ballots for others.
- These changes were approved along party lines just hours after counties began sending out mail ballots for the fall election, and are expected to result in some votes being discarded.
- Republican board members framed the new rules as necessary for election integrity, aligning with President Trump’s claims of widespread mail voting fraud, despite these claims being false.
- Democrats have historically voted by mail in higher numbers than Republicans, so the restrictions are likely to disproportionately affect Democratic voters and potentially benefit Republicans in the upcoming midterms.
