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> >>10781502 Republican members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections abruptly resign
GOP Elections Board Members in NC Resign Over Absentee Deal
The two Republican members of North Carolina’s state elections board have resigned after signing off on a settlement to help voters fix absentee ballot problems.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The two Republican members of North Carolina's state elections board have resigned __after signing off on a legal settlement to alter absentee ballot rules for this fal__l.
Ken Raymond and David Black informed the State Board of Elections late Wednesday of the resignation, each citing in part frustration with the tentative agreement filed in court earlier this week that aimed to end litigation filed by advocacy groups and voters.
The full five-member board — Raymond, Black, and the three Democratic appointees — had signed off on the settlement last week, according to state board Chair Damon Circosta. Part of the agreement is already being carried out in state board guidance. Board members said they were worried that without a settlement, they risked broader voter security protections in state law could have been overturned by a court.
But Raymond wrote in his resignation letter that lawyers with the state Attorney General’s office didn’t explain all the implications of the settlement before he signed off.
“It is impossible to have true bipartisanship when both sides of the political aisle do not have the important and vital information needed to make the right decisions,” Raymond wrote.
With the changes unveiled Tuesday, county board officials are now telling voters they can correct problems with witness information on their absentee ballots without filling out an entirely new ballot, but rather by signing an afffidavit confirming their own identity. The changes also allow six more days for officials to receive mailed absentee ballots, as long as they are postmarked by Election Day, and will make it easier for absentee ballots to be handed in at early in-person voting sites when they open next month.
Black wrote in a separate letter that he didn’t have a full understanding of how the ballot fixes outlined in the settlement, particularly regarding witness information, would work.
Circosta said all board members were provided with the pros and the cons of settling lawsuits in a nearly three-hour meeting last week and in extensive briefings before that.
~~They signed something they didn't understand, then resigned.~~
Moar @ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2020-09-24/gop-elections-board-members-resign-over-absentee-settlement