Overview
- National Democratic and Republican parties and the North Carolina State Board of Elections signed a settlement submitted to federal court for approval.
- The deal would allow more than 73,000 voters with missing identifiers to remain registered, with records updated when they present ID at the polls.
- The RNC and North Carolina GOP sued in 2024 alleging roughly 250,000 registrations lacked required numbers or attestations and sought removals and to toss ballots.
- Under state law, voters must show ID when voting, and those without the requested identifier may cast provisional ballots and cure with acceptable documents.
- State officials have been updating records through outreach, and the resolution carries high stakes in a battleground where close races, including a narrow U.S. House contest, drew scrutiny.