When election administration mirrors election overreach

By: Melissa Price Kromm

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 615

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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As North Carolinians begin voting in the 2026 elections, more than 241,000 voters are receiving letters from the N.C. Board of Elections declaring that an identification number in their registration record could not be “validated.” The Board’s staff insists no one is being removed from the rolls and voters can still cast ballots – but the letter did not say that!

Timing, scale and political context matter, and this decision is already creating

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