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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of North Carolina voters could be disenfranchised over minor technical issues with their ballots after a court upheld new GOP-backed rules, new data reveals. Ballots are already being rejected at a rate of ~3% — double the rate seen in 2022. https://demdock.com/4ivnewh

democracydocket.comExclusive: Thousands of North Carolina ballots set to be rejected after GOP imposed strict new rules, data showsIf 3% of mail ballots statewide end up being rejected, it would lead to an estimated 3,942 ballots being thrown out, Democracy Docket calculated. Those voters would be disenfranchised unless they come...

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Is it practical for the voters to cure their ballots? Are they being notified of their spoiled ballots? We need lots of boots on the ground to help make sure that these votes get counted.

The voter's ballot will count if they "follow the cure process or if a non-curable deficiency is found in time". Who handles the "if found in time"? Will it be on dawdler's time, Judge? The word "appeal" is not to be found so close to an election. It was early Sept that the GOP did this.

side thought - if in those states where new restrictions make voting harder the democrats still win soundly, the scope of the sweep should be understood to represent a far greater rejection of Republican "values," blindness, thuggery, what have you.