The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has announced a set of proposed rules for removing non-citizens from voter rolls:
The State Board of Elections invites the public to comment on several proposed permanent rules related to voter roll list maintenance on the basis of non-citizenship. The public comment period is open and runs through March 16, 2026.
The proposed rules are needed to help election officials systematically address improved data on non-citizens on voter rolls, made possible by updates to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program. Those changes will make it easier for officials to identify possible non-citizens, many of whom were inadvertently added to voter rolls due to mistakes by Department of Motor Vehicles personnel. This is a process North Carolina has long needed.
There are four sets of proposed new rules:
After you have read the proposed rules, there are four ways you can share your opinion of them with the SBE.
- Online: Public Comment Portal: 2026 List Maintenance Rules Review
- Email: [email protected] (Identify the specific rule or rules you are commenting on.)
- Mail: Attn: Rulemaking Coordinator, P.O. Box 27255, Raleigh, NC 27611-7255 (Identify the specific rule or rules you are commenting on.)
- Public hearing: 10 a.m. on March 9, 2026, in the State Board of Elections Board Room, Third Floor, Dobbs Building, 430 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603.
If you use any of the first three methods, the SBE must receive your comment by March 16.
