The RNC continues to fight back against efforts to reduce transparency in our elections. As part of this, the RNC and North Carolina Republican Party submitted comments to the North Carolina Board of Elections opposing a change to their rules which would limit access to our poll watchers. The Democrat Board of Elections is trying to say that we can't replace poll watchers throughout the day – despite the polls being open for 13 hours. Additionally, they are trying to restrict the movement of poll watchers to be able to observe and move around the county or state.
Not only is this rule in direct conflict with their own state’s election laws, but it would eliminate transparency and accountability in our elections. Poll watchers MUST have the right to meaningfully access and observe our elections processes.
Election laws cannot be rescinded and rewritten at will, and transparency should ALWAYS be the goal. The RNC is continuing to monitor these developments and will intervene as necessary to ensure our elections are safe and transparent.
Read more about our recent efforts to uphold the integrity of our elections processes:
- Fox News: RNC to press state, local election officials on election security measures
- Fox News: Republican Party launching new election integrity committee