Thousands of residents throughout Burke, Catawba, McDowell and Iredell counties will have to update their voter registrations.
Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Elections began the process of collecting additional driver’s license or Social Security number information from voters deemed to have incomplete registration records.
The state board said “to ensure that North Carolina’s voter rolls are as accurate and complete as possible, bring them into compliance with recent state court rulings and settle a pending lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice.”
More than 100,000 North Carolina voters will have to provide the additional information as part of the process, including more than 1,800 in Catawba County, 800 in Burke County, 650 in Iredell County and 150 in McDowell County.
Residents can check to see if they are being asked to update their registration by visiting .
Voters can update their registrations by visiting the local board of elections.
For those with a driver’s license or DMV ID number, the change can be made by visiting .
In August, the state board will mail out forms to voters who can fill them out and then mail them to the local elections board using the stamped, pre-addressed envelope included with the mailing.
Voters who do not use one of these methods will have to cast a provisional ballot and provide the information when they go to vote, according to the state board. Provisional ballots are reviewed by local election officials to ensure compliance with the law.
The question of missing driver’s license and Social Security information was a , the Republican N.C. Supreme Court candidate who unsuccessfully challenged the validity of votes across North Carolina.
