North Carolina must now remove noncitizens from voter rolls by law
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The state of North Carolina must now remove non-citizens who are exempt from jury duty from its voter rolls, Fox News Digital learned Thursday.
The Republican National Committee and the North Carolina Republican Party announced they have entered into a consent decree requiring the North Carolina State Board of Elections to use jury duty records to identify registered voters who acknowledge that they are not U.S. citizens.
These non-citizens will need to be removed from the voter rolls; This would be a significant legal victory in forcing a state to purge voter rolls in the face of strong opposition from Democrats.
“This agreement is a huge win for election integrity in North Carolina,” RNC Chairman Joe Gruters said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “This is clear: If someone admits during jury duty that they are not a U.S. citizen, that information should be used to check voter rolls and remove non-members.”
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Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters is claiming victory over Democrats’ efforts to block efforts to purge noncitizens who skip North Carolina jury duty from state voter rolls. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)
deal accepted by Superior Court Judge Jennifer Bedford following a 19-minute online hearing on Wednesday.
“This type of information, I think the General Assembly has made somewhat clear, should not be ignored,” Bedford said. The Carolina Journal reportedHe added that information submitted to the court system should also be recognized by other institutions.
The agreement sets a schedule through 2028 for clerks to send the information to the board of elections. Within 30 days of receiving it, the board must review voter records and citizenship status, send county election board reports on identified registered voters, and refer cases to the State Bureau of Investigation and district attorneys if a person appears to have voted before becoming a U.S. citizen.
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Two groups represented by the Elias Law Group, North Carolina Asian Americans Together and El Pueblo, objected to a part of the settlement that required a list of people who claim to be unnaturalized for jury duty purposes to be posted on the state election board’s FTP website.
His lawyers argued that releasing information online could raise privacy concerns and have a chilling effect, even if the records are public. under state law.
The agreement stems from a lawsuit GOP groups filing in 2024He accuses the state board of failing to comply with a North Carolina law that requires court clerks to notify people seeking exemption from jury service by saying they are not citizens.
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Under state law, noncitizens are prohibited from voting in state elections and serving on juries, but that hasn’t stopped since then.After Governor Roy Cooper vetoed the bill It will remove illegal immigrants from voter rolls in 2019.
The consent decree, if approved by the court, would require the state board of elections to review information received from county clerks, determine whether those individuals are listed on the voter rolls, and begin removal proceedings for individuals found to be ineligible on the voter rolls.
The RNC said it filed a public records request in 2024 to determine whether the board was complying with the law but did not receive a response.
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The RNC and the state GOP later sued, and the board agreed to use the jury duty information as part of voter roll maintenance, according to the RNC.
North Carolina’s majorities (83 percent of Republicans, 59 percent of Independents and 52 percent of Democrats) support states removing noncitizens from voter registration lists. Heritage Action vote.
The lawsuit is part of a broader Republican legal initiative focused on voter eligibility and citizenship requirements.
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RNC joins lawsuit defense President Donald Trump’s executive order He requested documentary proof of citizenship and also asked the Supreme Court to consider a case involving: Arizona’s proof of citizenship law.
