NCEIT’s H958 PCS Bill Summary

NCEIT’s H 958 PCS Bill Summary 

11/11/2025

Multiple sections of state statutes are addressed relating to contributions by foreign nationals, overseas voters, voter

registration, including the application and verification of information, qualifications to vote and use of HAVA documents

The Challenge

•   § 163-278.6 Definitions of foreign nationals. The definition in the PCS has exceptions which should be deleted to remove any possibility of foreign influence in our elections.

•   § 163-258.5 Overseas voter’s registration - The address of the voter must be verified through State Agency maintained databases.  Proof of citizenship must also be verified using a copy of a US passport.

•   § 163‑82.1 General principles of voter registration. In addition to completing a voter registration application and being

qualified to vote, an applicant must have their identity and address verified. HAVA requires identity verification.

•   § 163‑82.4 Contents of application form.  With the exception of race, ethnicity, gender and phone, all information must

be required, not requested. 

Full legal name, date of birth, driver’s license and social security numbers, if issued, are required so the information can

be verified by checking state and federal databases as required by HAVA.  Proof of citizenship is needed for new registrant

as defined in Executive Order 14248.

• § 163-82.7 Verification of qualifications and address of applicant; denial or approval of application requires determining if the applicant is verified to vote at their address  “within a reasonable time after receiving the application.”  Identity also needs to be verified as required by HAVA 52 USC 21083 (a)(1)(A) (5) Verification of voter registration information. and the “reasonable time” needs to be defined in Rules, so it does not last until the time of the election.

•  § 163‑55. Qualifications to vote.  The section needs to be consistent with the NC Constitution regarding the citizenship

requirement.  Also suggested are adding proof of citizenship, as required in Executive Order 14248 and excluding those

those who have been declared incompetent by a court from qualifying.

§ 163-166.12.  Requirements for certain voters who register by mail. Since voters also register by other means, those

were added.  More importantly the use of HAVA documents was limited to verifying address for those voting for the first

time consistent with HAVA 52 USC 21083 (b), not verifying identity.  

• § 163-82.12 Promulgation of guidelines relating to computerized voter registrations. This section requires guidelines to be promulgated to include provisions for:

- “enabling the statewide system to determine whether the voter identification information provided by the individual is     

   valid”, 

- “enabling the statewide system to interact electronically with the DMV system to validate identity information”, -  

  “enabling the DMV to provide real-time interface for the validation of the drivers license number and last four digits of   

   the social security number” and

- “notifying voter-registration applicants whose drivers license or last four digits of the social security number does not   

   result in a validation, attempting to resolve the discrepancy, initiating investigations…”” 

Neither the NC Voter Registration List Maintenance  manual August 21, 2024  or the NC Administrative Code - Elections 

includes the above guidelines.

§ 163-45.1 Observers - Prior to 2023 poll observers could be appointed by the political parties without the restriction of having a candidate in the race.  Observers should be allowed to participate in all races as an election integrity measure.  

§ 163-82.6B Same Day Registration (SDR) – Eliminate SDR because it cannot be equitably managed for all classes of voters.  SDR opens the door for election fraud because address verification mailings cannot be completed before election day. SDR is an undue burden on election officials.  The National Voter Registration Act requires that registrations be completed at least 30 days before the election.

Solutions - There should be no opportunity for foreign influence in our elections.  The address of overseas voters must be verified from state databases.  Refinement of the voter registration application, registration process, qualifications of voters and use of HAVA documents for address verification is suggested to improve the quality of the voter registration list. (See examples of Questionable Entries and Duplicate Registrations on the voter registration list.)

Observers need access to all elections. Same Day Registration (SDR) is not workable and must be eliminated.

Contact: North Carolina Election Integrity Team (NCEIT),

Jim Womack, (919) 770-4783, james.k.womack@gmail.com, Joanne Empie, (919) 819-1981, joanne.empie@gmail.com,