NC residents flagged by a federal database will be asked to confirm citizenship before voting

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: October 2, 2026

Words: 535

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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The North Carolina State Board of Elections is planning to ask the 1,599 registered voters flagged by a federal database as potential noncitizens to either confirm their citizenship or ask to be removed from the state voter list.

The letters will go out to those registered voters early next week, state elections board spokesman Jason Tyson said Friday.

The board announced in July that the federal SAVE database had flagged …

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