State defends database use for IDs
Friday, October 10th, 2008
By Staff
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North Carolina’s heavy use of a federal database to verify Social Security numbers was the subject of a New York Times story that election officials and voter advocates described as “very misleading” and “reprehensible.”
The story, published in newspapers throughout the state and as a brief in Thursday’s News & Record, suggested that state elections officials might be keeping people from registering to vote through the use of the database.
That suggestion is unfounded and contrary to how the database is used, said state elections Director Gary Bartlett.
“We believe we’re in full compliance and they’re providing misinformation,” Bartlett said Thursday. Later in the day he said that the state may look at a procedural change of how and when it checks the database but reiterated that North Carolina acted within what officials believe to be the law.
Since the story was published, state and local officials say they have been swamped by calls and e-mails of people worried that their registration might be thrown out. (more…)
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