Judge Foils Dems’ Bid to Allow ‘Never Residents’ to Vote in NC

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Judge Foils Dems’ Bid to Allow ‘Never Residents’ to Vote in NC
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Judge Foils Dems’ Bid to Allow ‘Never Residents’ to Vote in NC Democrats’ bid to skirt previous court decisions in order to allow people who have never lived in North Carolina (“never residents”) to continue voting in the state was slapped down by Superior Court Judge Hoyt Tessener in a ruling released this week.

A North Carolina law allowing “never residents” to cast ballots in the state for federal elections violates undisputed court rulings, Judge Tessener ruled in his decision . “Never residents” are adults born outside the United States whose parents or guardians once lived in the state.

In March of this year, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the North Carolina Republican Party filed a court challenge to the state law on the grounds that precedent already prohibited “never ...

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