Justice Department Sues NC Over Voter Registration | JQJO

The Justice Department sued North Carolina's election board for violating the 2002 Help America Vote Act by failing to ensure voter registration records included identifying numbers like driver's license or Social Security numbers. The department alleges the state's voter registration forms didn't clearly require this information, and the board hasn't proactively collected missing numbers from registrants since 2004. The lawsuit seeks a court order compelling the board to create a plan to obtain these numbers within 30 days. This action follows similar legal challenges from the Republican Party and mirrors President Trump's executive order on election integrity. The newly Republican-majority board indicated it is working to comply with the federal law.