A federal judge has ordered election officials in North Carolina to violate state law by counting insecure absentee ballots.
U.S. District Judge Richard Myers dealt another blow to fair elections in the important swing state of North Carolina with the ruling. The case involves a dispute over how to count absentee ballots.
However, the ruling from Myers ensures the case will remain in federal prosecution and guarantees it won’t be resolved before the critical 2024 election.
Myers said in a two-page ruling that the State Board of Elections was correct to remove a lawsuit challenging the state election board’s guidance to federal court, rather than return it to state court as requested by the Republican National Committee (RNC).
Republicans say the board’s guidance goes against a state voting law passed last year. […]
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