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Unaffiliated voters challenging the structure of North Carolina’s state elections board are defending their federal lawsuit. They filed paperwork Friday rejecting state legislative leaders’ request to have the suit dismissed.

RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - A new lawsuit targets North Carolina law that prevents voters who haven't sworn their allegiance to a political party from serving on the State Board of Elections.

Left-of-center activist group Common Cause has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that blocks unaffiliated voters from serving on the N.C. State Board of Elections. The suit, Common Cause v. Moore, asks a federal court to declare the law “unconstitutional and void.” Common Cause also asks the court to block the N.C. General

Buncombes one-of-a-kind relationship to NC legislative districts led them to file legal documents in an ongoing state Supreme Court redistricting case.

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