North Carolina election board removes 747,000 from voter rolls for ineligibility

The board of elections in North Carolina removed 747,000 individuals from voter rolls over the past 20 months because they are ineligible for registration.

The State Board of Elections said in a press release people were removed from the rolls due to moving to another state, dying, or personally requesting to be removed, according to The Hill. 

This purge happened shortly after Republicans in North Carolina filed a lawsuit arguing that there were a number of people on the voter rolls not eligible to vote. 

North Carolina is expected to be a swing state in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. 

In the lawsuit, a resident in Wake County stated voter registration forms in the county didn't require a driver's license or social security numbers. 

“By failing to collect certain statutorily required information prior to registering these applicants to vote, Defendants placed the integrity of the state’s elections into jeopardy,” the lawsuit reads.