{"id":22166,"date":"2019-11-12T07:19:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22166"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:16:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:16:48","slug":"election-fraud-north-carolina-illegals-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/11\/12\/election-fraud-north-carolina-illegals-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Shields Non-Citizen Voters in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vetoing a bill to remove non-citizens from North Carolina\u2019s voter rolls, Gov. Roy Cooper<\/a> has kept the door open for more electoral mischief in the Tar Heel State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooper, a Democrat, last week vetoed Senate Bill 250<\/a>, which would have challenged the registrations of people who got out of jury duty because they were not citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The law already prevents non-citizens from voting and has legitimate mechanisms to remove them from the rolls,” the governor declared in his veto message<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooper\u2019s claim is disputed by election-integrity groups that are suing the state<\/a> to produce a full accounting of voter-registration records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-citizen voters in the Tar Heel State hit the headlines last year when 19 foreign nationals were indicted <\/a>on charges of illegally casting ballots. The individuals came from Mexico, Haiti, the Philippines, Panama, Grenada, Guyana, Japan, Poland and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Attorney Robert Higdon said some of the illegal voters faced up to six years in federal prison and $350,000 fines. So far<\/a>, the judge has meted out far lighter penalties. Four of the 19 defendants prosecuted thus far got $100 fines \u2014 less than a speeding ticket \u2013 and a fifth was ordered to pay $200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Separately, a 2017 state report<\/a> indicated that more than 100 foreign nationals were confirmed or suspected of holding illegal voter registrations in North Carolina, with 41 casting ballots. While these numbers aren\u2019t large, and likely pale in comparison with other forms of election fraud, they point to holes in the voter-verification system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe governor\u2019s veto is a major step backward,\u201d said Logan Churchwell of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, which continues to fight the state for access to voter information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVerifying voter eligibility happens in other states where agencies talk to each other and [non-citizen voters] are removed from the rolls,\u201d he said, noting that systematic crosschecks are needed to ensure that registrations collected via Motor Voter<\/a> and other means are legal and valid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under SB 250, election\nofficials would contact registered voters who had been excused from jury duty\nfor reasons of non-citizenship. Individuals who didn’t respond after 30 days’\nnotice would have been purged from the voter rolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the bill includes\ndue-process provisions, Cooper asserted that it “creates a high risk of\nvoter harassment and intimidation and could discourage citizens from\nvoting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jay DeLancy<\/a>, founder of the Voter Integrity Project in North Carolina, said Cooper\u2019s veto \u201cmeans he cares more about non-citizen voters than about any lawful voters who helped elect him in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf\nthe state already had procedures on the books that they were using to identify\nand remove non-citizen voters why are they still fighting in federal courts to\nwithhold those procedures from public inspection?\u201d DeLancy asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because\nthe North Carolina Legislature is closely divided between Republicans and\nDemocrats, DeLancy said there is \u201czero chance\u201d that Cooper\u2019s veto will be\noverridden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vetoing a bill to remove non-citizens from North Carolina\u2019s voter rolls, Gov. Roy Cooper has kept the door open for more electoral mischief in the Tar Heel State. Cooper, a Democrat, last week vetoed Senate Bill 250, which would have challenged the registrations of people who got out of jury duty because they were not<\/p>\n

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