Backed by President Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing North Carolina and its State Board of Elections (BOE) for violating the Help America Vote Act by failing to maintain accurate voter rolls.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, is similar to the 2024 case filed by former state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, which targeted a voter registration form that didn’t require a driver’s license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number.
Although some corrective actions are underway due to Griffin’s suit, the DOJ argues they are insufficient. The department seeks to require North Carolina officials to contact affected voters within 30 days to obtain missing information—or remove them from the rolls—to ensure compliance with federal election law.
Greg Flynn, a Democrat on Wake County’s BOE, said the DOJ’s suit contains inaccuracies because it doesn’t factor in human error and personal information changing over time.