RALEIGH, N.C. — As national hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress continue this week, Democratic lawmakers at the N.C. General Assembly have introduced a bill that would crack down on future attempts to overturn election results here.
“Our system of checks and balances and free and fair electrons are the bedrock of our democracy,” Sen. Jay Chaudhuri, a Raleigh Democrat who sponsored the bill, told reporters Tuesday. “In the United States we follow the law, common sense and facts when it comes to our elections. That means accepting the results and respecting the election process.”
The bill would create new criminal penalties for a range of actions like intimidating voters, interfering with elections officials, or conducting “mass, indiscriminate, and groundless challenging of voters” and their eligibility to vote.
