Non-Partisan Group Claims N.C. Election Officials Broke The Law

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by Kirk Hawkins
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Story Created: Oct 10, 2012 at 8:59 PM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 10, 2012 at 10:04 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--Jay Delancy's Voter Integrity Project identified more than 3-thousand dead people on the voter registration rolls in Mecklenburg County. Delancy said there could be more. But, Delancy said there could be more. Delancy said the State Board of Elections broke the law when it removed the names of some ineligible voters in August. Less than 90 days before the election.
"What we wonder is how does them doing this on the 14th of August, how does that jive with the provision of the law?" Delancy Said.

The State Board of Elections said it didn't break federal or state law. "Absolutely not, absolutely not," said Veronica Degraffenreid, Elections Liason for the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Degraffenreid said the law only applies to direct mailings intended to track down registered voters
"What we're trying to do is certainly ensure that only qualified individuals remain registered. We do that and we have done that every single day of every single month of every single year," said Degraffenreid.

Mecklenburg and other counties are allowed to make changes to voter rolls due to death, felony convictions and address changes up to election day. "We'll make certain that we have that done and that performed before we have all the voter registration rolls sent out to the precincts for election day," said Mecklenburg County Board of Elections Director Michael Dickerson.

Delancy said election officials need to focus on reform, "If they were more proactive, people would have more faith in the system," A mission he said has not yet been accomplished.

There are more than 600-thousand registered voters in Mecklenburg County. If you're not one of them, and you want to vote next month, you have until 5 p.m. on Friday to sign up. Early voting begins October 18.

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