With the general election just weeks away, two Republicans were appointed to the state Board of Elections after two GOPers resigned over changes to absentee voting rules. | Adobe Stock
With the general election just weeks away, two Republicans were appointed to the state Board of Elections after two GOPers resigned over changes to absentee voting rules. | Adobe Stock
After two Republican members of the state board of Elections abruptly resigned, two new GOPers were appointed to fill the vacancies.
Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Carr McLamb and Tommy Tucker to the bipartisan elections board.
Former Republican board members Ken Raymond and David Black resigned in September amidst a swarm of controversy surrounding an absentee ballot settlement they approved.
The controversial changes, which for now have been blocked by a judge, would have allowed absentee voters who failed to provide a witness signature to submit an affidavit confirming the requirement is fulfilled instead of redoing a ballot. Republicans have argued that witness requirement is necessary to prevent voter fraud.
The settlement came about from lawsuits filed challenging the Republican-led voting changes in regards to COVID-19.
Black and Raymond believe they were misled about the settlement when they agreed voted to support the changes.
“It is impossible to have true bipartisanship when both sides of the political aisle do not have the important and vital information needed to make the right decisions,” Raymond wrote in his Sept. 23 resignation letter.
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