Reports of raucous campaigning around early voting sites and people purposefully misrepresenting voting rules to residents are worrying North Carolina election officials, who say such activity can’t be tolerated and can be criminal.
The State Board of Elections has received many reports of “aggressive electioneering” at in-person voting sites. Candidate and party activists have been entering no-campaign zones – state law requires a 25- to 50-foot buffer at the door of a voting place – to work potential voters and using profanities and other aggressive language with the opposing side, a state board memo says.
There also have been reports of voters being told wrongly they can vote by phone or they can’t vote if they have outstanding traffic tickets. Voters also have complained about letters they’ve received that contain their voting history and those of their neighbors.
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