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North Carolina’s Rules Review Commission has rejected two temporary rule changes recommended last week by the state Board of Elections that would have tightened restrictions for partisan poll watchers in the November elections.
The decision follows a unanimous elections board vote to more clearly outline the code of conduct for party-appointed election observers in response to more than a dozen reported conduct violations during the state’s May primaries.
The N.C. Rules Review Commission rejected a request by the state board of elections on Thursday to tighten up restrictions on election observers for the upcoming general election in November.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's Rules Review Commission has rejected two temporary rule changes recommended last week by the state Board of
In the last few weeks, state elections officials say they have seen an uptick in harassing or threatening messages. Patrick Gannon with the North Carolina State Board of Elections says it’s a phenomenon they and their colleagues across the country have been dealing with since the 2020 election. It’s bringing down morale, he says, and forcing people out of the industry. In the last two years, 44 of the 100 county elections directors have left their jobs.