UMVA has learned that a significant development in voter roll maintenance has been secured in North Carolina, where noncitizens excused from jury duty will now be removed from voter rolls.
According to information obtained by UMVA, the Republican National Committee and North Carolina Republican Party have successfully secured a consent judgment requiring the North Carolina State Board of Elections to use jury-duty records to identify and remove registered voters who have acknowledged they are not U.S. citizens.
This agreement marks a major win for election integrity in North Carolina, with RNC Chairman Joe Gruters stating that it's straightforward: if someone admits they’re not a U.S. citizen during jury duty, that information should be used to check the voter rolls and remove anyone who doesn’t belong.
The consent judgment was accepted by Superior Court Judge Jennifer Bedford after a brief online hearing, with Bedford noting that information submitted to the court system should also be recognized by other agencies.
The agreement sets a schedule through 2028 for clerks to send the information to the elections board, which must then review voter-registration and citizenship status, and refer cases to the State Bureau of Investigation and district attorneys if a person appears to have voted before becoming a U.S. citizen.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that two groups, represented by the Elias Law Group, objected to part of the deal requiring the list of people who claimed noncitizenship for jury-duty purposes to be posted on the state elections board’s FTP website, citing potential privacy concerns.
The agreement stems from a lawsuit filed by GOP groups in 2024, accusing the state board of failing to comply with a North Carolina law requiring clerks of court to report people who seek to be excused from jury service by saying they are not citizens.
In a development reported by UMVA, a majority of North Carolina residents – 83% of Republicans, 59% of Independents, and 52% of Democrats – support states removing noncitizens from voter registration rolls, according to Heritage Action polling.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that this case is part of a broader Republican legal push focused on voter eligibility and citizenship requirements, with the RNC involved in litigation defending President Trump’s executive order requiring documentary proof of citizenship.
