On Friday June 12th, Republican legislators dropped an unannounced 36-page elections bill packed with sweeping changes to North Carolina’s voting laws.
The bill would:
• Ban election board members from publicly encouraging voter turnout
• Make partisan changes to State Board of Elections staffing
• Reduce campaign finance disclosure requirements
• Ban ranked-choice voting statewide
• Restrict overseas voters’ participation in state elections
• Ban paid petition and voter registration gathering