NC Auditor Boliek expressed polling site preferences and looked to boost GOP turnout, messages show.

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: July 14, 2026

Words: 1,141

Last Updated: 6 days, 17 hours ago

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State Auditor Dave Boliek “pushed hard on voter turnout especially in small Republican Counties like Yadkin,” the county’s elections board Chair Gary Mastin texted one of Boliek’s staffers this year.

Mastin wanted Boliek’s office to intervene in the planned relocation of the county elections headquarters. Mastin argued the move would hurt Republican turnout. “It’s one of the few situations that Republicans can prove (by definition) Voter suppression,” Mastin wrote.

“It will have a …

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