ACLU Sues North Carolina Over Mail-In Vote Rule: Campaign Update
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The American Civil Liberties Union sued North Carolina election officials over a requirement that mail-in absentee ballots must include a signature from a witness, claiming the rule will needlessly put voters at risk of exposure to Covid-19 when cases and deaths may be soaring.
The ACLU filed the suit on Friday in Wake County on behalf of several individual voters, including some with chronic health conditions that put them at greater risk from the virus. They allege North Carolina officials are well aware of the risk from the signature requirement because the state recently passed a law that temporarily reduces the requirement from two witnesses to one for 2020.