A group represented by a lawyer with ties to former President Donald Trump says North Carolina’s 2022 election results are unreliable due in part to voting machine errors, alleging in court documents that elections officials violated federal laws designed to guarantee election integrity.
It’s part of a national strategy questioning election results in almost two dozen states — an effort that critics say promotes misinformation and stokes doubt about the electoral process.
United Sovereign Americans and Franklinton resident Richard Yost made the allegations Wednesday in a petition filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The petition names the North Carolina State Board of Elections, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland as respondents.
The Chesterfield, Missouri-based group, which has filed lawsuits questioning vote integrity in other states, alleges that in 2022 North Carolina encountered a rate of voting machine errors that was higher than federal law allows — enough to call into question the veracity of the count. It said it brought the alleged issues to state elections officials, but they “did nothing to investigate those apparent errors before certifying the election.” The group also questioned voter registrations…..