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In reply to the discussion: North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls, citing ineligibility [View all]
GB_RN
(3,296 posts)21. It's Not As Sinister As It Sounds.
The NC Board of Elections is currently in control of us Democrats. And WE certainly aren’t going to purge the list, just because. Anyone purged would be a legitimate removal.
The Governor appoints the members from a list of nominees submitted to the Governor by the State party chair of each of the two political parties having the highest number of registered affiliates. Not more than three members of the State Board shall be members of the same political party.
(Emphasis mine.)
Because Cooper is a Democrat, the current makeup of the BOE is 3:2, in the Democrats’ favor: The party of the governor gets to hold the chairmanship, plus the two, regular members. If that shitbag, Robinson would get to appoint the chair and control would switch to the fascists.
The makeup of the county/local BOEs follows that of the state BOE. So, shenanigans are much less likely to occur.
The fascists in the NC General Assembly passed a law that would have stripped the governor of the ability to appoint BOE members (placing that power in their hands), would have made the composition an EVEN number. Deadlocks would be guaranteed and nothing would get done. Which was the point.
There’s a preliminary injunction that’s got that shit on hold, fortunately.
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North Carolina removes 747,000 from voter rolls, citing ineligibility [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2024
OP
Dead people yes but removing people because they haven't voted in the last two Fed elections?
Bengus81
Sep 2024
#26
The elections boards send out update cards to every registered voter.
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2024
#27
Are you sure you wanted to post this here? I think I shared this with you the other day.
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2024
#31
There is a lot of discussion in this thread denigrating people who are questioning purges
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2024
#32
"if the is attempting to sneak in some shady stuff (in addition) - then by all means give em' hell on those measures."
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2024
#39
Will those voters who moved, or who are inactive, be able to vote provisionally?
Oopsie Daisy
Sep 2024
#29
Yes, that's what I assumed would be the case. --- They can vote provisionally and their ballot *
Oopsie Daisy
Sep 2024
#37
Hopefully Anderson Clayton's team has registered lots of 18 year olds. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Sep 2024
#5
Thats NOT what it means and please stop spreading bad information. TY!
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2024
#11
It didn't just happen "close to the election" -- its the number removed over the past 20 months.
onenote
Sep 2024
#14
"There was a CT for a while that provisional ballots were always tossed."
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2024
#35
747,000 over 20 months. My math skills aren't great but I think that's around 37,350/month or less than 1/2 of 1 percent
onenote
Sep 2024
#15