34K Dead Voters on NC Rolls, Board Acts

0:00On April 29th, North Carolina State Board of Elections found 34,000 deceased people still listed on the voter rolls. They discovered this after running over 7 million voter records to a federal immigration database called SAV. This check used each person's name, date of birth, and the last four digits of their social security number. The matches popped up as a side effect of verifying citizenship, not from a targeted hunt for dead voters. Back on April 17th, they sent in 7,397,734 records to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services System. The board's executive director said the number was higher than they anticipated. It highlights gaps in their usual process, which relies on weekly death alerts from the state health department. Then Mrs. Folks who registered here moved out of state and died elsewhere. Now they're committing to double check every match with extra database runs and follow state law for removals. County boards will handle the notifications and cleanups to ensure due process before

1:01the next election cycle. This could also catch duplicates and name issues as they dig deeper. All this comes amid changes like the state auditor now picking election board members, plus pushes in Congress for stricter citizenship proof to. Register. Expect a methodical rollout to keep those rolls tight and accurate moving forward. I'm Corey with the story and you've been listening to U.S. News today. AI-powered national coverage.