The North Carolina State Board of Elections is investigating several allegations of voter registration fraud connected to a voter registration drive, a Brunswick County elections official tells The Federalist.
‘Voter Impersonation’
Sara LaVere, director of the Brunswick County Board of Elections, told me that 18 voters have contacted her office saying they did not complete registration forms received by the board. LeVere said it appears someone “falsely filled out the forms.” Election officials are calling the alleged identity fraud “voter impersonation.”
“We noticed some information that was different than what we had on record, an address, Social Security number, so we sent a letter to those voters asking them to complete that information,” the elections official told me in an interview Thursday.
LaVere said the suspect forms originally were turned in to the State Board of Elections, which forwarded them to the county office for verification.
“The state voter registration forms appear to come from a voter registration drive,” she said, noting that the records include codes denoting their source. In this case, LaVere said, the code on the 18 applications showed they originated from a registration drive.
‘It’s Not Me’
Brunswick County elections officials contacted the State Board of Elections. LaVere said she has not heard back from state officials on the status of the investigation. State officials did not return The Federalist’s requests for comment, including an email asking whether there are any suspects, arrests or referrals to prosecutors in the case. The email seeks to know
