NCEIT TALKING POINTS for Revisions & Additions to H958 - PCS
- Oct 23, 2025
- 4 min read
Updated: Jan 13
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Talking Points
- There should be no exceptions to the definition of foreign nationals.
- Foreign nationals should not be allowed to contribute money to N. C. elections.
- National Chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative and former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued the following statement:
"We applaud House Republicans for the improvements already made to H958, however its section on foreign funding still falls short. Foreign billionaires and corporations should never be given the ability—under any circumstance—to buy North Carolina’s elections and undermine voters so they can affect changes to the state’s constitution. But the reality is that the bill in its current form, without additional amendments, will allow them to continue doing so with ease.”
Overseas voter's registrations and citizenship
- Thank you for proposing changes to UOCAVA voting, but previous NC residency must be verified using NC driver’s licenses or by checking state databases including those at the SBE, DMV, DHHS and Department of Revenue. In cases where the address is not verified, the county BOE address should be used to register the voter.
- Address verification is required for in person and mail in voting. UOCAVA voting should be treated the same.
- Over 60% of UOCAVA voters were civilian rather than Amilitary in 2024. That trend has been increasing for years. (In 2024 36% were uniformed military voters and 64% oversees civilian voters according to the Election Assistance Commission.)
- Proof of citizenship should be required by providing a copy of the US passport.
Poll Observers - The law currently requires that observers can only be appointed by the political party, if they have a candidate in the race. The appointment of poll observers by political parties should be permitted regardless of whether they have a candidate on the ballot. There may also be other items on the ballot that warrant observers.
- The voter registration application should have required not requested information, so the voter can be verified. Full legal name and social security number helps avoid duplicate registrations especially with the many hyphenated names. Driver’s licenses should be current and valid,
- There are millions of legal residents who are not citizens living in the US. Many of them have been improperly registered to vote. Proof of citizenship for new registrations is an important item to require on the application to increase accuracy and trust in the system.
- An application should not be approved until identity and address verification are complete. Current law outlines the address verification process, but the important step of identity verification is missing.
- The law should emphasize that a person who is not a citizen of the US, will not be allowed to vote which is consistent with a recent amendment to the NC Constitution.
- The President’s Executive Order 14248 requires proof of citizenship to register to vote, so that proof should be a qualification.
- With the number of illegal immigrants in the country we need assure that “only citizens vote”.
- HAVA documents should be used to verify address, not to verify identity.
- HAVA documents are easily forged.
- Current law requires that efforts be made to obtain information to verify the identity during the registration process, not when they show up to vote.
- If voter’s lose confidence in the election system, they may be less inclined to vote, believing their vote will be cancelled by ineligible to voters.
- It is not a best practice to use HAVA documents to verify identity. The BOE should be in contact with the applicant to obtain information to see if there are errors in names and birthdates, for example.
- Verifying identity is a key to a trustworthy voter registration database. It is a priority in our country.
Same Day registration (SDR)
- The registration process must be the same for all registrations. With SDR all applicants are not being treated equally. The only remedy is to eliminate same day registration 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 are completed at least 30 days before the election.
Public Records Requests
-When the public submits Public Record Requests to the State Board of Elections, responses are currently provided to the individual making the request. It would be very beneficial to require the State Board of Elections to publish Public Record Requests and responses on its existing public records portal, increasing transparency, reducing duplicative work, and building public trust—at virtually no additional cost.
Goal: Require NCSBE to publish public records requests & responses on its existing portal.
Transparency: Make requests and responses visible to all citizens—not just the individual requester.
Efficiency: Prevents duplicate requests; saves staff time & taxpayer money.
No New Cost: Uses current Request portal (already in place).
Privacy Safe: Publishes exactly the same records already sent to the requester (with confidential info already redacted).
Builds Trust: Shows elections agency has nothing to hide.
Ask: This suggestion is straightforward, uses existing tools, costs essentially nothing extra, and delivers real benefits in transparency and efficiency. It’s a common-sense improvement that strengthens trust in North Carolina’s election administration.
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