This month, U.S. Attorney Robert Higdon, an appointee of President Donald Trump, iussed supoenas on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), requesting massive troves of voter data from state election officials and 44 North Carolina counties.
This massive request would require our elections officials to produce millions of documents, including sensitive voter information — all with weeks to go before elections begin. As “State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement attorney Josh Lawson told the assistant U.S. Attorney handling the case, complying with these requests will make it difficult for county officials to prepare for the approaching general election.
In response, the N.C. State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement has voted to fight back — giving the N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein the green light to challenge this excessive federal overreach designed to interfere with our state’s elections and intimidate voters.