The Republican National Committee (RNC) celebrated a significant victory this week after the Wake County Superior Court ruled on Tuesday that non-residents cannot vote in North Carolina’s elections.
North Carolina previously allowed adults who were born outside of the United States to vote in state elections if their “parents or guardians last lived in this state before moving overseas,” according to The Carolina Journal. The state’s Uniform Military and Overseas Voter Act allowed these individuals who had never lived in North Carolina – so-called “never-residents” – to vote in the state’s elections.
The issue played a significant role in the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court election, in which Democrat candidate Allison Riggs defeated Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin by fewer than 734 votes out of more than 5.5 million cast. Riggs was not certified as the winner until May 2025 because Griffin challenged the results in both state and federal court.
Griffin specifically challenged the legality of 65,000 votes, including some from voters who never lived in the state. As the Journal reported, most of those votes “were cast by voters with registration records that appeared to lack federally required driver’s license or Social Security numbers.” Additionally, Griffin’s challenges focused on “overseas voters who provided no photo identification and ‘never residents,’ voters who checked a box on a voter form indicating they had never lived in North Carolina.”
As conservatives pointed out at the time, it is absurd to allow individuals who do not and have never lived in North Carolina to help decide the outcome of North Carolina elections. In this case, the “never-resident” voters were voting for judges who made decisions that the voters themselves would not be subject to.
The RNC explained in a statement that the North Carolina Supreme Court last year ruled in Griffin’s case that “people who have never lived in the state cannot vote in state elections.” But while the North Carolina Board of Elections did stop allowing non-residents to vote in elections for state-specific offices, they continued to allow these non-residents to vote in federal elections.
As a result, the RNC sued the North Carolina Board of Elections to ensure that only North Carolina residents can vote state as well as federal elections moving forward. The RNC explained that Wake County Superior Court’s ruling this week confirmed the state’s Supreme Court decision that “the North Carolina Board of Elections violated the state constitution by allowing individuals who were born overseas and have never lived in North Carolina to vote in federal elections in the state.”
RNC Chairman Joe Gruters praised the decision as a victory for fair elections.
“This is a clear win for fair and lawful elections,” Gruters said. “The court upheld the North Carolina Constitution and made clear that only North Carolina residents can vote in the state. The RNC will keep fighting to ensure only eligible citizens can vote.”
North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Jason Simmons agreed with that sentiment.
“This ruling confirms the state constitution forbids voting by individuals who have never lived in North Carolina,” Simmons said. “The Court of Appeals and Supreme Court decisively ruled on this previously and the decision reaffirms the common-sense principle only North Carolina citizens can vote in North Carolina elections.”
The RNC also confirmed that this ruling does not impact any federal law. The committee explained that the ruling “does not affect voters who qualify under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), which applies to U.S. citizens who have previously lived in a state or who are currently serving overseas.”
Alan Jamison is the pen name of a political writer with extensive experience writing for several notable politicians and news outlets.
Common sense is out the window! What? Whose brilliant idea was this, letting people who never lived in a state vote in that state? I sure hope SCOTUS shuts down birthright citizenship, and makes it retroactive! Otherwise, in about 10 years, Chinese voters-IN CHINA, and other birth tourism “customers” will start outvoting native born and resident American citizens. What country even allows this?
I believe this TOPS all election frauds. Imagine someone who does not live in the state getting a SAY, in how the state is run. Brings back the horror of the 2020 election in spades. Course in the 2020, the fraudsters got away with their fraud, so it will surely continue. NC, may not be the only state to look into.
Now kick out that judge who was not leagally elected.
You would think that would be a no-brainer. If you don’t live there why should you be able to vote? I think I’ll just drive around the country and vote in all the elections I come across. That’s what Democrats want cuz they cannot win if they can’t cheat. Why would this even be a court case? If you move to any other country in the world that has elections can you expect to vote in their elections when you don’t even have a residency there? Democrats want that for anybody that wants to vote see my above statement about Democrats
So did the Demo-Commies just decided to “unfollow” their own state constitution and allow these “never residents” to vote?? It is incredible that these anti-Americans in our governments get away with breaking our laws. Every day we get more bad news about these Anti-Americans.
ALLISON RIGGS ELECTION SHOULD BE OVER TURNED, AS 65,000 NON-CITIZENS WERE COUNTED!!!
I read this article in disbelief! North Carolina’s elected officials thought it was OK for people who don’t live there to vote in their elections? Why do voters elect these fraud enablers into office? And NC needed a lawsuit to correct this practice? The practice defied common sense. Wow, Benjamin Franklin was on point when he noted that we have a “republic if we can keep it.”
They will still cheat
Thank God! I’m finally getting a slight inkling that we MIGHT be getting close to making a little bit of progress in CLEANING UP OUR ELECTIONS!!!
Again we see the voter fraud the democrats are perpetrating every day. Will they abide by this ruling? Of course not. They won’t even allow the voter rolls to be shown to the republicans. They don’t want oversight. Not after years of getting dead people and illegals on the voting rolls. These evil dem leaders are the ones ICE should arrest. These democrats that flaunt our laws and govern as dictators. We are gaining ground but will the voters see it for what it is. Overthrow of our republic and Constitution. They only obey the law when it suits them. When the courts rule against them they obstruct the laws, the courts and our Constitution. Destruction of America continues. Let us stop them by voting them out in November.
OK. Great start!
Now WTF happens?! Dumba$$ocrat$ pay no heed to words written on paper. They always find a way around THAT! Only ‘honest’ folks obey the laws…..all the others obey AOC and her big-eyed, big-mouthed buddies.
I must have had some family members that lived in California once, so I should be able to go vote in all their elections right? Give me a break, I’m amazed this even ended up in court
It will be a victory when those encouraging and fighting for non residents or non citizens to vote are marched to prison.
Dems only get elected by cheating. We HAVE to remove all avenues of cheating.
As American citizens are we so stupid that we can let this happen and go on fro years! Thank heavens this court got it right!
Wow! That’s a crazy loophole! I wonder where else they were voting!
Can we apply nationwide?
This was the just and proper ruling on this matter. I had no idea North Carolina ever did this! And to our inexplicitly Democrat Governor let me say in all sincerity, IN YOUR FACE!
I want all the nitwits that think non-citizens should vote in our elections go to another country and try that trick. And the only reason they want it here is so they can take a non-English speaking person into a voting booth and show them how to vote for the demonrats and turn this country into a full-blown communist country. We are already well on the way.
I would classify this as “Legalized” voting fraud.
By that, I mean NC put in place a law that they knew would eventually be over turned as illegal. But in the meantime… “Legalized” voting fraud
If ALL names appear on the ballots, exactly HOW do know that the illegals are voting ONLY for local and state offices? Allowing illegals to vote on ANYTHING is wrong and stupid!
Fraud runs deep in the USA. Thanks to the dem/lib/commie/socialist/fake news ARSE HOLIES…….
North Carolina previously allowed adults who were born outside of the United States to vote in state elections…That’s crazy!
It’s so sad that Republicans are fighting to keep or Constitution in tact, it’s even worse that people in America would even view this as acceptable to take place. What a mess because you don’t even know who your enemies are on American soil. Even worse they get more benefits then real American Citizens do.
OH SNAP! The DemocRat Party of Communists, Islamists, Perverts, Illegals, and Criminals will have to come up with election fraud that is even MORE criminal and creative!
imo
How long has it been since Iran,Turkey,the Soviet Union,China etc ha elections wherebye the leader was changed?? Our country is the only one that screeches “ the safest elections” ever. Ha…..My true belief is in one Election Day. Bo mail in ballots. And you must show your I.D.!! That is so simple. No one should musk it up by any additions to it . Oh yeah you must be a CITIZEN!!!!!!!!!! THAT PREVENTS CHEATING! MAGA MAGA MAGA USA USA USA
That is sensible good news!
Decisions about any governments in the U.S. need to be restricted to only American citizens.
Little by little is the only way we’ll stop the insane policies the left has created to keep their power. I applaud the work being done around the country to clean up our election system, and wish those in the trenches all the strength they need to succeed.
About time we stood up, and won. We need more of this sort of lawsuit.
So happy that someone finally got it right – only legal residents have the right to vote in North Carolina.