How an Under-the-Radar GOP Official Is Shaping Local Voting Plans in North Carolina

North Carolina GOP mounts top-down campaign to block campus voting sites

In the year since it came under Republican control, North Carolina’s state elections board has repeatedly made headlines for decisions that restrict or suppress the vote. But now some Republicans are also pushing back as State Auditor Dave Boliek attempts to exert control over county election boards and tell their members how to vote.

New GOP Auditor Takes Control of North Carolina Elections

“North Carolina county officials drawing up their early voting plans for this fall’s midterm elections are contending with a new power player this year: the state auditor,” NBC News reports. “In the lame-duck period after the 2024 election, Republican legislators voted to strip incoming Democratic Gov. Josh Stein of his authority over the State Board of Elections and give it to the incoming state auditor, Dave Boliek, who had flipped the office …

How an under-the-radar GOP official is shaping local voting plans in North Carolina

After Republicans shifted key election authorities to State Auditor Dave Boliek, Democrats and voting rights activists have criticized his involvement in early voting site discussions.