From The Epoch Times: Records that show foreigners registered to vote—and actually voted in North Carolina elections—will be disclosed by the state’s board of elections as a result of its legal settlement with an electoral integrity group.

The Jan. 31 announcement that a settlement (pdf) had been reached came weeks after Garbant Piquant of Garner, North Carolina, was arrested and charged with falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen in order to register to vote, voting by an alien, and passport fraud…

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The elections board agreed to settle the case after a federal appeals court determined that the disclosure provision of NVRA requires states to “make available for public inspection … all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters.”

“This is a huge win for transparency in North Carolina’s elections,” PILF President J. Christian Adams said in a statement provided to The Epoch Times.

“The public has a right to know about election vulnerabilities.”

“These records conclusively show that foreigners have been registering to vote and voting in North Carolina elections. It is a shame our efforts to disclose these records were met with such resistance by election officials…

The lower court was wrong to dismiss the case at an early stage in the litigation before discovery had been conducted, Keenan wrote.

The Indianapolis-based foundation characterizes itself as “the nation’s only public interest law firm dedicated wholly to election integrity,” saying that it exists “to assist states and others to aid the cause of election integrity and fight against lawlessness in American elections.”

PILF boasts that it has been “uncovering government records showing foreigners voting across the United States including in Pennsylvania, Texas, New Jersey, and California.”

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: Getty Images)