North Carolina Agrees to Fix Voter Registration Issues

The state will make sure it is in compliance with federal law, officials said.

Ballots in Raleigh, N.C., in an undated file photograph. Allison Joyce/Getty Images

North Carolina officials will seek to collect information required under federal law from registered voters under a settlement approved by a federal judge on Sept. 8.

State officials acknowledged in the settlement that they were using a voter registration list “that includes records that do not comply with the requirements for federal elections.”