RNC's overseas ballot challenge in North Carolina rejected by appeals court

Source: The Hill

10/29/24 7:02 PM ET


A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday rebuffed the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) request to not process certain overseas ballots in the upcoming election unless the voter shows they were previously a resident of the key battleground state.

Republicans have filed challenges to overseas ballots in several key swing states as the voting bloc is no longer seen as reliably red, but the lawsuits have so far been rejected.

A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday unanimously rejected the RNC’s appeal after a trial judge refused the party’s request for an intervention ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

Federal law mandates certain protections so that servicemembers stationed abroad and U.S. citizens living overseas can participate in elections. North Carolina’s rules enable citizens who have never lived in the United States to vote in the state, as long as they haven’t registered elsewhere and their parent or legal guardian was previously an eligible North Carolina voter.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/4960491-rnc-appeals-north-carolina-ballots/