(Carolina Journal) – Two activist groups working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm oppose a deal between Republican Party groups and the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
The deal would end a lawsuit over removing from North Carolina’s voting rolls any noncitizens identified through jury questionnaires. A court hearing is scheduled Wednesday before Superior Court Judge Jennifer Bedford.
The GOP groups filed paperwork in April indicating they had reached a deal with election officials to end the 2024 lawsuit.
North Carolina Asian Americans Together and El Pueblo, intervenors in the case, filed a notice Monday indicating their opposition to the deal. The Elias Law Group represents both groups.
“Specifically, they object to the provision requiring the State Board of Elections to publish on its public website the list of individuals who self-identified as noncitizens in response to jury summonses,” according to the notice filed on behalf of the two activist groups.
“This provision would expose sensitive personal information about individuals who did nothing more than comply with the law – many of whom may have been erroneously flagged as noncitizens or have since become fully eligible voters – and it is not required by any North Carolina law, including the law plaintiffs purportedly sought to enforce through this lawsuit,” the court filing continued.
The deal requires election officials “to affirmatively publish the lists on its public website with no citation to any statutory authority, because none exists,” the notice explained.
The North Carolina Republican Party and Republican National Committee have have asked the Wake County court to enter an order ending the dispute.
