Illegal voter registrations will be probed, due process afforded

(The Center Square) – Each of the 1,599 noncitizens registered to vote in North Carolina will be subject to state and federal law, and afforded due process prior to potential removal, says the executive director of the State Board of Elections.

Homeland Security on Friday, in conjunction with a Thursday presidential address to the nation, released voter registration information. The stunning summary of just four states having more than a quarter-million illegally registered voters sent a number of states scrambling to compliance.

“One ineligible registrant is still one too many,” said Sam Hayes, executive director for the state elections board. “Therefore, we are developing a process by which state board and county boards of elections records, as well as other resources, will be researched for evidence that an identified registrant is eligible to vote. If that research is inconclusive, then the state board will contact the registrant regarding their citizenship status.”

Hayes said the process will be ...