In an effort to ensure every North Carolinian is counted, the North Carolina State Board of Elections has formally launched a comprehensive effort to update the state’s voter registration records.
The plan is to collect missing information from more than 100,000 North Carolina voters, including a NC DMV (driver’s license) number or the last four digits of their Social Security number.
Election officials have vowed that no one will be removed from the registration rolls over the discrepancy.
“I want to make it abundantly clear that this project will not result in the removal of any eligible voter from the voter rolls, as some have inaccurately suggested,” stated North Carolina State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes. “Instead, it will result in more complete voter rolls and full compliance with state and federal law.”
According to Bob Hall, a longtime voting rights advocate, the majority of the affected North Carolina voters are disproportionately young, Black, and vote Democratic. A large majority of these affected voters registered when they were in their teens or twenties and provided minimal information at the time, which resulted in them being on the list.
Over 27,000 of the 103,000 were among the 60,000 voters in 2024, who NC Supreme Court Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin tried to disqualify their ballots in order to steal the state Supreme Court election.
The full list of 103,000 affected voters is on the State Board’s website. You can check out the list here.
- The affected voters should contact their county board of elections (you can find county boards listed here) to provide information in person or by mail.
- You will need to have your driver’s license number or social security number with you when you visit your county board of elections office.
- Remember, the NC State Board of Elections and county boards of elections will not request your personal information over the phone.
- You will need to have your driver’s license number or social security number with you when you visit your county board of elections office.
- You can also submit an updated voter registration form online if you have a DMV ID number or an N.C. driver’s license (you can use this link, then scroll to the bottom and “Continue as Guest”).
- There is no fee for this service. Click “Yes” when asked to update your voter information.
For further information, the state election board has launched a “Registration Repair” website, which explains how to provide missing information for impacted voters, along with searchable lists where voters can search for their names to check to see if they must provide identification information.
Starting next month, voters who are still on the list will receive a letter from the NC State Board of Elections. Affected voters can fill out the letter and mail it to the county board of elections in the return envelope enclosed with the letter.
No stamp is needed. Postage is included on the envelope.
Please check out: https://www.ncsbe.gov/registrationrepair
