North Carolina: “State Board of Elections’ only two Republicans resign after lawsuit settlement drops”

WRAL:

A pair of State Board of Elections members resigned from the board Wednesday, less than two months ahead of a presidential election, complaining of the details in a lawsuit settlement that may rewrite absentee voting rules in the weeks ahead.

Ken Raymond and David Black were the only two Republican members on a board that has been split 3-2, with Democrats in control. Notice of their resignations went out shortly after 10 p.m.

In his resignation letter, Raymond said Attorney General Josh Stein’s office kept him in the dark on key details of a lawsuit the board voted – unanimously – to empower State Board counsel to settle.

“It is impossible to have true bipartisanship when both sides of the political aisle do not have the important and vital information needed to make the right decisions,” Raymond said in his letter.

WRAL News has reached out to Stein’s office for comment, but in a statement announcing the resignations, State Board spokesman Patrick Gannon said all board members heard from attorneys representing the board in this lawsuit and others. The board held a closed session on the matter last week.

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