“There could be situations where depending on the circumstance, it could be a voter intimidation or something that interferes with the voter’s ability to cast their ballot; those could be raised to (the Department of Justice) and civil rights violations.”
Since early in-person voting started in North Carolina on October 20, a total of sixteen incidents have been reported of alleged voter interference, intimidation, or harassment.
According to ABC News, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) on Monday confirmed that they had received the reports and that they were under review by the board's investigative unit.
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View on RumbleThe executive director of the NCSBE, Karen Brinson Bell, said in a news conference, "There could be situations where depending on the circumstance, it could be a voter intimidation or something that interferes with the voter's ability to cast their ballot; those could be raised to (the Department of Justice) and civil rights violations."
"But we are not the prosecutors, Bell said. "We will turn that over to DOJ or potentially it could be a situation that would be turned over to a district attorney."
RSBNetwork reports that some of the incidents included alleged filing and photographing of "one-stop workers in their vehicles and poll observers getting too close to voters."
Brinson Bell said, "We want people to be able to cast their ballot without fear of intimidation or interference. We ask that people recognize that these are bipartisan officials who have been trained to do the job of a precinct official, and they are going to ensure that the voters are able to cast their ballots."
According to local news, "In at least one case, the board says someone followed a poll worker from the voting site to an election office and then followed that worker home."
Reports of the incidents have come from Guilford, Hartnett, and Wake Counties.
Wake and Guilford Counties encompass the large Democrat-led cities of Raleigh and Greensboro, respectively. In recent weeks, reports of harassment have emerged across the country from Democrat precincts.
A Democrat working a poll location in Indiana was ejected on Saturday for deliberate electioneering. Democrat Milwaukee Election Commission Deputy Director Kimberly Zapata was fired for election fraud last week.
In North Carolina, Republican Tedd Budd is expected to beat Democrat Cheri Beasley in the Senate race.
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