Bill - Access and Retention of Cast Vote Records The Problem · Folowing the November 2022 general election, public records requests for cast vote records (CVR) were made in at least 14 counties in NC. The State Board of Elections rejected those requests based on the confidentiality of the information, despite the fact the CVRs are election records that should be accessible for public inspection. More than half the states in the U.S. allow access to and inspection of the Cast Vote Records by statute- including NY, CA, OH, TX and FL. · Some county boards claim the CVRs are not public records because they were not printed, which is inconcistent with the definition of public records as in NCGS 132-1. · Some county boards claim their electronic systems do not create Cast Vote Records. However, Section 1.1.5-A of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) 2.0, dated 2/10/21, prepared for the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) states, “The voting system must support casting a ballot, recording each vote precisely as indicated by the voter subject to the rules of the election jurisdiction, and creating a cast vote record that can be tabulated and audited.” · Citizen analysts of election results need access to Cast Vote Records for inspection and verification that machine counts of ballots for each race match the machine’s printed reports. Without this access, voters lose confidence in the accuracy of machines and the outcomes of elections. The Solution · Clarify for the State Board of Elections that cast vote records (CVR) shall be shared with the public in a timely manner. Chapter 132-1 of the NC General Statutes, the Public Records law, provides for the records to be released to the public as long as confidential information is separated from nonconfidential information. · Require the settings on all electronic voting systems to create and retain the cast vote records for every election as per the EAC’s VVSG 2.0 Guidelines. · Require the retention of the CVRs for aperiod not less than 22 months as per all other election records. See Also Definition. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a Cast Vote Record (CVR) is “an electronic record of a voter’s ballot selections, and its primary purpose is to provide a record of voter selections that can be counted in an efficient manner to produce election results.” Section 301(C)(2) of the Help America Vote Act specifies that voting systems shall produce a record with an audit capacity for such systems. NIST presented a common data format specification for cast vote records (CVRs). The intended audience of the specifications includes the general public. In creating these standards, NIST worked alongside the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) Interoperability Public Working Group with contributions from many different organizations. The purpose of NIST’s specification is to provide a standard format “for CVRs to assist election officials, auditors, and other election analysts in collecting, aggregating, tabulating, and auditing CVRs from multiple types of vote-capture devices” which are used to produce election results. An additional purpose is to “provide greater transparency.” Contact: North Carolina Election Integrity Team (NCEIT), Jim Womack, (919) 770-4783, james.k.womack@gmail.com Paid for by North Carolina Election Integrity Team (NCEIT)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Patrick Gannon, Public Information Director Email Felons Who Are Not in Jail or Prison May Register to Vote Starting July 27 RALEIGH, NC – Starting July 27, 2022, an individual serving a felony sentence who is not in jail or prison may register to vote and vote. An individual must also have resided in North Carolina for at least 30 days prior to the election, be a U.S. citizen, and be at least 18 years old by the next general election. Previously, under a North Carolina statute, a person serving a felony sentence could not register to vote or vote, whether they were in or out of prison, until they completed that sentence. This meant that felons serving probation, post-release supervision, or parole were not able to register or vote, until they completed their term of supervision. Earlier this year, however, a North Carolina superior court determined that denying voting rights to people serving their felony sentences outside of jail or prison violates the state constitution. This decision has been appealed; however, while it is on appeal, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ordered that the decision should go into effect as of July 27, 2022. This means that, for the time being, any person serving a felony sentence outside of prison or jail is eligible to register to vote and vote. Those in jail or prison for a felony conviction are not allowed to register or vote. If a person is in jail awaiting trial for a felony but has not yet been convicted, they retain their voting rights. In North Carolina, a person never loses their voting rights for a misdemeanor conviction. As of July 27, the State Board will update its website and voter registration forms and other voting-related documents to reflect this new information on felon eligibility. The agency will update this information upon any further order of the courts. ###

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Judge Terence Boyle in the Eastern District of NC is a Ronald Reagan appointed Federal judge. See here form more info. A shill for the Left. Judge's Order on Voter Assistance for Disabled Voters EI Team, Yesterday, Judge Boyle in the Eastern District of North Carolina issued an order that struck down state laws barring certain individuals from helping disabled voters request, complete, and submit absentee ballots. The court determined that these laws, as applied to disabled voters, violate the federal Voting Rights Act. The State Board has notified county election directors and instructed “Effective immediately, a disabled absentee voter may receive assistance from any person they choose. They may still request and use a MAT team, but they are not required to do so. They may receive assistance from the staff of the hospital, clinic, nursing home, or rest home where they are a patient or resident. They may also receive assistance from an elected official, political party officeholder, or candidate.” The State Board provided further guidance: “The following individuals are still prohibited from assisting absentee voters who are not disabled with their absentee request, completing their ballot, or returning their ballot, if that voter is a patient/resident of a hospital, clinic, nursing home or rest home: - Any owner, manager, director, or employee of the hospital, clinic, nursing home, or rest home - An individual who holds any elective office - An individual who holds any office in a State, congressional district, county, or precinct political party or organization, or who is a campaign manager or treasurer for any candidate or political party.” Ultimately, this opens up the door for our most vulnerable voters to have their vote fraudulently cast for them. I will keep you all updated as I learn more. Best, Kevin Cline RNC/NCGOP Ruling https://disabilityrightsnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/039-Order-Granting-SJ-accessible.pdf NCEIT | PO Box 146, Sanford, NC 27331, Sanford, NC 27330

https://yournews.com/2022/08/22/2399369/report-critical-of-group-managing-voter-rolls-in-33-states/ Report Critical of Group Managing Voter Rolls in 33 States Personal information of 56 million voters shared By Beth Brelje August 21, 2022 Updated: August 23, 2022 biggersmaller Prin Your voter registration shouldn’t be used by another person to cast a ballot. When someone moves or dies, their name should be removed from the registered voters’ roll so it can’t be used to vote. The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993 requires states to make a reasonable effort to remove ineligible people from voter rolls. It’s usually handled at the county or state level, but today, 33 states and the District of Columbia, are outsourcing parts of this task to the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). According to a report by Verity Vote, ERIC, which claims that it’s nonpartisan, is actually connected to left-leaning backers and engages in a host of troubling practices that could sway elections across the nation. Verity Vote is a group of citizen volunteers with professional data research and investigation backgrounds who examine election integrity throughout the country. New Jersey and Massachusetts joined ERIC in August. The other ERIC member states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, plus Washington, D.C. In a July 13 letter, Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin gave notice that the state was officially dropping its ERIC membership. This followed a January statement in which Ardoin announced that Louisiana was suspending participation in the voter registration agreement “effective immediately,” citing concerns about questionable funding sources and the possibility of partisan actors having access to ERIC data for political purposes, potentially undermining voter confidence. The Epoch Times has reached out to ERIC and a connected organization, the Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), for comment. Neither of the nonprofit organizations responded. Partisan Leanings David Becker is CEIR’s director and founder. He also founded and is still a board member of ERIC. Becker didn’t respond to a request for comment. According to its website, “CEIR’s mission is to restore trust in the American election system and promote election procedures that encourage participation and ensure election integrity and security.” But CEIR leans to the left with its assertion dismissing the election integrity concerns of many Republicans over the 2020 election, saying: “The 2020 general election was the most secure in American history.” It calls claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent “The Big Lie,” and the CEIR website states that the majority of the GOP and Trump supporters see conspiracies—some of which U.S. media outlets had previously raised concerns about—assume the worst about election integrity, and are pushing harmful, unnecessary new election laws. Before forming ERIC and CEIR, Becker was a senior staff attorney at the left-leaning People for the American Way and director of election initiatives at Pew Charitable Trusts, according to Influence Watch. In 2020, CEIR received nearly $70 million from the left-leaning Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and distributed $64 million in grants to fund “urgent voter education assistance” in 23 different states, with the largest amounts going to Pennsylvania ($13.2 million) and Michigan ($11.9 million). On its tax-exempt 990 form, ERIC describes itself as working to improve the accuracy of U.S. voter rolls by providing member states with information on voter registration records that are inaccurate because of voters moving or dying. ERIC provides lists of possible ineligible voters, then states may contact them by mail to verify the information, then adjust the voter rolls. Verity Vote found that states are slightly better at this than ERIC. While non-ERIC states removed an average of 2.3 percent from voter rolls, ERIC states removed an average of 1.9 percent. Using the data that states provide, ERIC also runs a get-out-the-vote operation, giving lists of eligible but unregistered (EBU) residents to states a minimum of every 425 days. As per the ERIC agreement, states must contact every person on the list and inform them how to register to vote. This results in a significant swelling of voter rolls. The report shows EBU additions consistently exceed suggested removals—by 10 times. Sharing Private information Member states give ERIC more than voter registration records. By agreement, they also hand over all records of individuals who went to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and other places where people are given a chance to register to vote. In Pennsylvania, that includes state offices that provide public assistance or services to people with disabilities, armed forces recruitment centers, area agencies on aging, county mental health/mental retardation offices, centers for independent living, and the county clerk of court. It’s similar in other states. In the right hands, personal information gleaned from these agencies could predict which political party a person may belong to. Since voter registration is offered in these places, all personal information is shared with ERIC, even if the individual didn’t register to vote, Verity Vote found. “This appears to violate federal law,” the report reads. “The NVRA prohibits states from sharing any records that relate to a declination to register to vote, or to the identity of a voter registration agency through which any particular voter is registered.” ERIC’s website states that it has handled 56 million voters. Although ERIC is required to protect personally identifiable information, the report documents how ERIC shares the data with CEIR. “CEIR is creating the lists of voters who should be targeted for voter registration efforts and laundering the lists back through ERIC for distribution to the states,” the report reads. In September 2021, Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers investigating the 2020 election subpoenaed the Department of State, requesting detailed voter lists including name, date of birth, driver’s license number, last four digits of Social Security number, address, and, date of last voting activity. The Democratic governor, state lawmakers, and secretary of state went to court to block access, citing the protection of voters’ personal information. In court papers, the Department of State stated that it couldn’t provide the information to investigators because “bad actors who gain access to this information would have all the data they need to control the voters’ registrations, and even their votes.” Verity Vote noted in its report that the Department of State “was comfortable sharing data about voters and citizens who have chosen not to register to vote with Zuckerberg funded CEIR but went to court to keep that data from the Pennsylvania Senate.” Targeted Communication Imagine the power to text targeted voters on election day. CEIR is launching a free service for election officials called REVERE, aimed at combating disinformation in real time, according to the report. It’s unclear who gets to define what constitutes disinformation. In a communication from Becker to an official in Georgia, Becker describes REVERE’s power. “REVERE will enable states to draw on phone numbers and email addresses contained in the voter file, and send texts, emails, and even voicemails to any set of voters (a particular precinct or county, older voters, etc.) rapidly. This will allow states to proactively communicate with voters about how to vote effectively (deadlines, early voting, etc.), send links to official websites (drop box and early voting locations), and rapidly respond to disinformation,” he wrote. In its report, Verity Vote asks if it’s proper to entangle the private motivations of CEIR and ERIC with the governmental role to execute elections, placing the power to judge what’s disinformation—and whom to distribute it to—in the hands of this public/private partnership.

PEACEFUL. LAWFUL. HONEST. Those are the principles to which every poll observer and election official must adhere…because those are the principles we want for our elections. We want the elections to be peaceful, lawful, and honest. And that is what OUR volunteers are trained to be as well. But for more than a year, the left and their propaganda megaphones in what used to be known as ‘the media’ have relentlessly ridiculed the Election Integrity Network and our work to build an election integrity infrastructure throughout the nation, comprised of patriotic Americans who want to save our elections. Why is the left doing that? Poll watching is a basic civic duty and the role of the poll watcher / observer is set out in the statutes of virtually every state. In the past week or so, however,the propaganda media and the MSNBC talking heads have become even more hysterical than usual. MSNBC's Wallace Pitches Obama, Christie 'Democracy Commission’ Because GOP 'Destroying Democracy' (breitbart.com) Then, there is CNN…. First on CNN: Election workers to be trained to deal with violence at polls as midterms approach | CNN Politics Not to be outdone, this from USA Today… Election workers fear trouble, boost security as vengeful threats persist after Trump loss (msn.com) WHY IS THE LEFT SO UNHINGED ABOUT CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS BECOMING POLL WATCHERS? We don’t know. But we are not going to be intimidated or goaded into negative actions at the polls. Watch our training videos about the legal requirements for poll watchers. It is part of the law. TAKE ACTION THIS WEEK! When Are YOU Going to Vote? Have You Signed Up to Be a Poll Worker? Have you signed up to be a Poll Watcher? Sign up to be trained and deployed as a poll watcher! Be a VIP: Vote In Person the first-day voting opens in your state. Watch the video below about the legal requirements for being a poll watcher. What are the Legal Requirements to be a Poll Watcher? Regulations and Requirements for Poll Watchers Subscribe and listen to Cleta's Who's Counting? podcast on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify Please support the Election Integrity Network by making a tax-deductible donation today. Your gift will help us build a coalition of conservative activists, leaders, public officials, and organizations to advance election integrity reforms nationwide. DONATE

https://www.ashevilleteapac.org/post/intentional-wrongdoing-is-only-explanation-for-the-widespread-election-malfeasance-on-game-day-in-az Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor in Arizona, explains to Steve Bannon why she believes her lawsuit against Maricopa County should prevail and the alleged results of the election be overturned. “We filed it on Friday, and it is damning … in detail and evidence in how our elections in Maricopa County were run and here in Arizona. And this is about restoring faith in our elections.” Watch the interview with Kari Lake https://warroom.org/2022/12/12/intentional-wrongdoing-is-only-explanation-for-the-widespread-election-malfeasance-on-game-day-in-az/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/former-wi-justice-michael-gableman-calls-eric-system-wi-election-fraud-moment-truth-summit/ Former WI Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman was contracted by RINO Robin Vos to conduct an in-depth investigation into the 2020 election. In this investigation, he found massive discrepancies in the way the WEC conducted the 2020 election. Justice Gableman called for the legislature in Wisconsin to “take a very hard look at decertification”. Justice Gableman’s first sit down with Mike Lindell can be viewed here. He also later made a more in-depth presentation to the crowd that can be viewed here. Here are some of the highlights on Justice Gableman’s first segment: TRENDING: President Trump Releases One of His Best and Shortest Statements Yet David Becker, founder of ERIC, CEIR (Zuckerberg funded) and the Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN), took George Soros money to fund ERIC Louisiana has removed themselves from ERIC and preserved all 2020 election data Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) Administrator Meghan Wolfe is also chairman of the board at ERIC. The terms of the contract between ERIC and the State is private Gableman stated “…WEC violated the law in order to conduct a Get Out the Vote campaign for Joe Biden and to defeat Donald Trump…” He also said “ERIC’s stated purpose is to keep our election rolls accurate. That is a lie. Lets just say that…that is a lie. What is my evidence? The evidence is in WI we have approximately 5.5M citizens. Of whom, approximately 4M are eligible to vote. So if I ask you ‘how many people, at most, should WI have on its voter rolls?’ If you’re tracking, you’ll say no more than 4M. That’s the number of eligible voters. We have over 7m names on those voter rolls…The excess of which is all available to the George Soros funded ERIC. And they can do whatever they want with those names and we’re not allowed to know. Neither we nor any other state is allowed to know.” Justice Gableman used an investigation by The Gateway Pundit in his presentation. Here are the links to the four part series by The Gateway Pundit: ERIC Part 1: Who’s “Cleaning” Our Voter Rolls? ERIC Now in 31 States ** ERIC Part 2: Largest U.S. Counties Removed ZERO to TWO Ineligible Voters ** ERIC Part 3: The Founding of the Nation’s Largest Voter Roll Clean-up Operation ** ERIC Part 4: A Response to the Panicked Media Attacks Back in 2021 at the Cyber Symposium, I had the opportunity to meet briefly with Justice Gableman right around the time he was being hired by Robin Vos to conduct this investigation. To say the least, I left highly skeptical of the former WI Supreme Court Justice. I was afraid he was there to simply “kick the can down the road” so to speak. This gut feeling was supported by a brief interaction with Justice Gableman by one of my colleagues. At the event this past weekend, I had the opportunity to walk into the event with Justice Gableman. I spoke with him about that very event and my initial gut feeling. And then I apologized for that view. I don’t know if he was picked for this because Vos believed he would kick the can or not. It’s purely speculative. However, I do believe that if he was hired for that reason, once he got into the nitty gritty of the elections process in Wisconsin, he quickly realized this was far worse than anyone could have ever imagined. And then six months ago, and six months after our initial interaction, he called for the state assembly in WI to look into decertification. He also threw his support behind Adam Steen over RINO Robin Vos. That took guts.

Cleta Mitchell on whoscounting.us, interviews North Carolina Election Integrity Team Director (NCEIT.org) on the strides made in NC and the path forward to restore confidence in our elections. https://www.cpi.org/2022/12/going-forward-from-north-carolina-the-business-of-free-and-fair-elections/ DECEMBER 8TH, 2022 This interview is part of EIN’s “After and Before” Who’s Counting With Cleta Mitchell Podcast series outlining the positive difference an election integrity infrastructure has in states with active local and state election integrity task forces. After a career spanning 20 years of service in the U.S. Army, West Point graduate Jim Womack entered the private sector as an IT professional as well as becoming a county commissioner and being active in local party politics. These experiences combined to give him the expertise to create a North Carolina fair election organization – the North Carolina Election Integrity Team, called “NCEIT”. Inspired by what he learned at EIN’s first national election integrity leaders’ summit in January of 2022, Jim returned to North Carolina, created NCEIT, collected a team of experts, and spearheaded a statewide election integrity network already making an impact on the election system in his state. Cleta and Jim discuss the importance of applying proven business practices to “the business of election integrity.” Jim’s EI business model is organized into EI issues or “lanes” that are then delineated into tasks and assigned to specific task force members with relevant interest or expertise. NCEIT has also prioritized these EI lanes, and made great strides in becoming deeply involved with voter rolls and list maintenance, voting machine accuracy, creating relationships with election boards and other pertinent issues. Jim and has team have uncovered some critical problems in NC statutes, state election board procedures, and in standard election practices that must be addressed by policymakers and legislators. The work that NCEIT is doing is also helping to inform task forces and election integrity advocates in other states. Be encouraged! Be engaged! The post Going forward from North Carolina: The “Business” of Free and Fair Elections appeared first on Election Integrity Network – Who’s Counting with Cleta Mitchell.

January 6, 2023 Updated: January 7, 2023 News Analysis Although not yet sworn in, first-year Congressman Andrew Ogles from the Tennessee Fifth District found himself in the middle of a historic maelstrom when he arrived in Washington on Dec. 31, 2022, in the company of his family. But Ogles knew a bit of what he was getting into because he had already become a member of the Freedom Caucus and was already involved in the ongoing negotiations that, as of this writing, seem to have vastly reformed the way the U.S. Congress will do business in exchange for allowing Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to become Speaker. Ogles should be known to many Epoch Times readers for his participation in the unique primary debate—using domain experts instead of journalists to ask the questions—sponsored by this company in concert with the Nashville Republican Women. Little did we know, nor probably did he, that Ogles would end up being one of the 20 to instigate this monumental change they say will return the Congress to the original intention of the Founders as The People’s House. I spoke with Ogles by phone the night of Jan. 6, 2023, before the roll call vote during which, it was said, two of the remaining rejectionists who couldn’t accept McCarthy personally would absent themselves so that the magic number would be lowered and the new Speaker could go over the top. Apropos, Ogles informed me that what many had guessed was true. His absence from voting in a previous round was also planned. He waited to see that all was going according to plan before stepping forward to flip his vote to McCarthy after the initial round. For Ogles, the basis of all the negotiations was to establish the rules of the game in Congress that had been altered over the years beyond recognition. As he pointed out, the rules of a game almost always determine the winner. He shared with me a list of some of what has been roughly negotiated to date. The devil, as always, is in the details. As has been reported, it will only take a single congressperson, acting in what is known as a Jeffersonian Motion, to move to remove the Speaker if he or she goes back on their word or policy agenda. A “Church” style committee will be convened to look into the weaponization of the FBI and other government organizations (presumably the CIA, the subject of the original Church Committee) against the American people. Term limits will be put up for a vote. Bills presented to Congress will be single subject, not omnibus with all the attendant earmarks, and there will be a 72-hour minimum period to read them. The Texas Border Plan will be put before Congress. From The Hill: “The four-pronged plan aims to ‘Complete Physical Border Infrastructure,’ ‘Fix Border Enforcement Policies,’ ‘Enforce our Laws in the Interior’ and ‘Target Cartels & Criminal Organizations.’” COVID mandates will be ended as will all funding for them, including so-called “emergency funding.” Budget bills would stop the endless increases in the debt ceiling and hold the Senate accountable for the same. That’s all Ogles would tell me for now, but there is undoubtedly more in ongoing negotiations that could continue even after the final Speaker vote. No word, from him anyway, on committee assignments or agreements, although there are discussions on positions for Freedom Caucus members. Ogles did acknowledge his own interest in the Financial Services Committee, due to his economic background, or the Judiciary Committee. No word either, so far, of a different kind of Jan. 6 investigation, unless that is intended to be wrapped into the new “Church” Committee. I asked Ogles if there would be bad blood, as many are warning, after these days of heated negotiation. He denied it. The Republican majority, he said, was too small to afford that, and they all knew it. Knowing human nature, I wouldn’t have completely believed him on that one had I not heard the resounding and welcoming applause given for every flipped vote. Many of those who voted for McCarthy were one hundred percent in favor of the changes negotiated by the 20, who may well be rewarded in the history books for their initiative. What has been going on is being referred to as “chaos” by Democrats and the media, including, regrettably, many at Fox News and other supposedly right-leaning outlets. Still, others claim this has been a victory for the “extreme right, imposing their views.” It is anything but. It is and has been for the last few days democracy as it should be practiced, and as it is practiced in many democratic assemblies across the world, just not, lately, in the USA. CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misspelt the word world. The Epoch Times regrets the error. Roger L. Simon Roger L. Simon is an award-winning novelist, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, co-founder of PJMedia, and now, editor-at-large for The Epoch Times. His most recent books are “The GOAT” (fiction) and “I Know Best: How Moral Narcissism Is Destroying Our Republic, If It Hasn’t Already” (nonfiction). He can be found on GETTR and TRUTH Social @rogerlsimon. https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/rep-andrew-ogles-reveals-what-concessions-were-made-in-battle-for-speaker-of-the-house_4968315.html?utm_source=Goodevening&src_src=Goodevening&utm_campaign=gv-2023-01-07&src_cmp=gv-2023-01-07&utm_medium=email&est=L6YLZUsuB2Vp26SBX8sGcLK2bFxOHWh6bmoFHdFEBvgURrKiUzQn2wa51uFMLEIM9gI%3D

It has been a 10 year odyssey for NC to have the same or similar voter ID requirements that 35 other states already have. The activist liberal courts have thwarted the will of the state's citizens and their legislature for far too long. Hopefully, justice will finally be served this Spring. https://www.theepochtimes.com/nc-supreme-court-hands-win-to-gop-on-redistricting-voter-id_5033977.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=gp The North Carolina Supreme Court handed a victory to the state’s Republican legislators on Feb. 3 by siding with a petition that asked the high court to rehear cases involving election maps and voter identification laws. In a vote along partisan lines, the state’s Supreme Court voted 5–2 to rehear the two cases in March—ones that North Carolina’s Republican legislature had previously lost. Two Republicans running for seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court in the November midterm election beat their Democrat opponents, flipping the composition of the court red for the first time since 2016. The partisan switch of the court revived Republican hopes to revisit the cases. In one of the cases, Holmes v. Moore, the state Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 16, 2022, to strike down a law requiring photo voter identification. The justification for that decision was supposed discrimination against minorities. Justice Trey Allen wrote in an order on Feb. 3 that the criteria for adjudicating the request by GOP legislative leaders for the case to be reheard have been met. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Michael Morgan questioned whether the decision to rehear the case would call into question the court’s impartiality. In the other case, Moore v. Harper (formerly Harper v. Hall), the then Democrat-dominated court ruled on Dec. 16, 2022, to confirm a lower court decision to reject legislators’ version of a congressional election map and the state Senate election map. Justice Allen wrote in a separate order that the court has found sufficient grounds to rehear the case. The redistricting case has since made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has reportedly been considering whether to hand down a decision in the case that could have far-reaching consequences for the authority state courts have to impose limits on how state legislatures set election rules. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Moore v. Harper on Dec. 7, 2022, but isn’t expected to rule on it for several months. This means that the North Carolina Supreme Court could potentially issue a ruling in the case that reverses the Republican loss before the U.S. Supreme Court has issued its decision. The Feb. 3 rulings by the North Carolina Supreme Court mean that both cases will be reheard on March 14, 2023. More Details In a recent legal filing, Republican lawmakers argued in Moore v. Harper that the North Carolina Supreme Court wrongfully infringed on state lawmakers’ ability to determine boundaries of legislative and congressional districts. The court’s December 2022 ruling said that the state Senate boundaries redrawn previously by Republican legislators were tainted by partisan leanings and must be redrawn. It also ruled to uphold a congressional map drawn by lower court judges but that Republicans opposed. A separate filing by Republican lawmakers argued that the correct legal standard wasn’t applied in a decision that the state Supreme Court upheld on voter ID. “Holmes was wrongly decided based on a predetermined outcome. We now have a chance to right this wrong and deliver on voter ID, which the voters of this state overwhelmingly support,” said Sam Hayes, general counsel for the House speaker, according to Spectrum News 1. For more than a decade, North Carolina Republicans have been seeking to pass a law that would require voters to present photo identification. The state legislature passed voter ID laws in 2013, but they were struck down by a federal court. A similar law adopted in 2018 was struck down by the state Supreme Court in December 2022.

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