North Carolina Senator Accuses Elections Director of Breaking Law in Easing Voting Requirements

Signs direct voters into a polling station during the 2020 presidential election in Durham, Durham County, N.C., Nov. 3, 2020. Jonathan Drake/Reuters

A North Carolina state senator accused the director of the state’s Board of Elections (BOE) of breaking the law ahead of last November’s general election by agreeing to a settlement that changed the rules around voting—allegations that the official has denied.

“In my heart, you broke the law,” Sen. Bill Rabon, a Republican, told BOE Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell, at a Senate hearing on March 23.