Trump Administration Sues North Carolina Over Voter Registration Practices
May 28 (UPI) — In a significant legal move, the Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against North Carolina and its Board of Elections, claiming violations of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 regarding voter registration practices. The Justice Department’s complaint, lodged on Tuesday, asserts that the state’s voter registration form inadequately requires essential identifying information such as a driver’s license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number.
The lawsuit alleges that many individuals were improperly registered to vote, as they did not provide the mandated identifying details on their applications. HAVA, which aimed to modernize voting processes, stipulates that voter registration forms must include either a driver’s license number or the last four digits of the Social Security number to ensure election integrity.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon emphasized the need for accurate voter registration in safeguarding fair and transparent elections, stating, “The Department of Justice will not hesitate to file suit against jurisdictions that maintain inaccurate voter registration rolls in violation of federal voting laws.”
This lawsuit comes on the heels of a high-profile election controversy in North Carolina, where Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin conceded defeat after extensive litigation over the legitimacy of approximately 60,000 votes in a recent state Supreme Court race. Griffin, who lost by a mere 734 votes to Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs, sought to challenge votes primarily from military and overseas voters based on similar registration issues.
Critics accused Griffin of undermining the democratic process, while the state’s high court upheld the validity of the contested ballots. Following Riggs’ victory, the North Carolina Supreme Court retains a 5-2 Republican majority.
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