Jennifer Bedford

North Carolina's Republican National Committee secured a legal victory requiring the state to remove noncitizens from voter rolls based on jury duty records where individuals acknowledged not being U.S. citizens. Superior Court Judge Jennifer Bedford approved the consent judgment, establishing a process through 2028 for county clerks to report such cases to the elections board, though some Democratic-aligned groups objected to publishing the information online over privacy concerns.

The Republican National Committee secured a legal victory requiring North Carolina to remove noncitizens from voter rolls by using jury duty records. The state's elections board must review information from county clerks about people who claimed noncitizen status to be excused from jury service and remove those individuals from voter registration lists.