RALEIGH, N.C. — Elections officials purged Mark Meadows, chief of staff for former President Donald Trump and a former North Carolina congressman, from state voter rolls this week after a Macon County official confirmed he was also registered to vote in Virginia.
Macon County Board of Elections Director Melanie Thibault said in an email to The Charlotte Observer Meadows was registered in Macon County, where he voted in 2020, and in Virginia, where he voted in 2021. The story was previously reported by the Asheville Citizen Times.
State law dictates a person who leaves North Carolina and votes in another state loses residency and is no longer eligible to vote in the state. The Virginia Department of Elections said in an email the agency does not release records confirming whether somebody is registered to vote in the state.
