The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed lawsuits against Michigan and North Carolina, alleging that the states have violated laws relating to election policies.
The RNC filed a lawsuit against the Election Commission of the City of Detroit last week after it was learned that seven times more Democratic poll workers were hired than Republicans.
“Detroit’s failure to hire Republican poll workers is the kind of bad-faith Democrat interference that drives down faith in elections,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley and RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump said. “The RNC is bringing suit to remedy this completely unacceptable breach of public trust and our unprecedented election integrity campaign will continue to fight in Michigan and nationwide to protect the rights of every voter to have fair, accurate, secure and transparent elections.”
According to the lawsuit, Detroit is required to appoint an equal number of Republican poll workers.
In the lawsuit against North Carolina, the RNC alleged the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) is violating the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) by not requiring identification.
Whatley said the NCSBE has “once again failed in its mandate to keep non-citizens off the voter rolls, fueling distrust and jeopardizing our elections. We are committed to the basic principle – and commonsense law – that only Americans decide American elections.”
“Deliberately failing to follow the law, right before our country’s most important election, is inexcusable. We will fight every day to ensure that NCSBE follows the law, cleans the voter rolls, and protects the vote for North Carolinians,” he declared.
An estimated 225,000 people registered to vote without the required information.
