IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

The change to same-day registration will also force Plaintiffs to devote more resources to education efforts, so that voters are warned about the risk of the new same-day registration regime, know how to correctly complete a voter registration application to increase the likelihood of their ballot counting, and are aware of other methods of voting that do not carry the same risk of disenfranchisem. [...] Upon information and belief, the drafting and passage of SB 747 was influenced by Mitchell and members of the North Carolina Election Integrity Team (“NCEIT”), a North Carolina-based organization with which she frequently consults.19 Mitchell was seen repeatedly in the General Assembly halls in the lead up to the passage of SB 747, and members of the General Assembly acknowledged meeting with her.. [...] One such representative said “the problem is that college students don’t understand the issues of local politics or the local people.…when you have a big university in a college town, the college students effectively have the ability to completely eliminate essentially the representation of the local people because they don’t understand the issues.” In the same hearing, a different representative. [...] Significantly, if the voter failed to complete any required item on the registration form but provided enough information to enable the county board of elections to identify and contact the voter, the voter shall be notified of the omission and given the opportunity to complete the form by 5:00 p.m. [...] In that scenario, the county board had to establish procedures to obtain the correct address of the person appearing to vote and ensure that the person votes in the proper polling place and in the proper contests.