Overseas voters who have never lived in North Carolina will still be allowed to cast state ballots in the 2024 election, after the North Carolina Court of Appeals denied a petition from the Republican National Committee (RNC).
A unanimous panel of three appeals court judges denied the RNC’s request to block an order from a lower court. Wake County Superior Court Judge John W. Smith recently denied the RNC’s motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that Republicans had not provided substantial evidence showing that people who should not be voting have voted.
The appeals court also rejected a bid for a temporary injunction.
Republicans have been seeking a ruling declaring a North Carolina law that allows overseas voters who have never lived in North Carolina to vote is in violation of the state’s constitution. Republicans have also sought a ruling ordering county boards of election to segregate ballots cast by such individuals and not count them.
North Carolina law says that a person whose parent or legal guardian once lived in North Carolina can vote in the state by mail, provided that they have never registered to vote in another state. […]
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