Federal prosecutors have backed off requiring North Carolina state and local elections officials from providing potentially tens of millions of ballots and voting documents before the end of the month.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Raleigh wrote to the state elections board Thursday acknowledging the board's challenges in complying with the subpoenas received last week. An assistant prosecutor says he anticipates postponing the response until January as long as the documents sought are preserved. He says he'll provide the same delay to more than 40 county boards who received subpoenas.
Election officials raised concerned this week about fulfilling the subpoenas as they prepare hurriedly for the November midterm elections.
Reasons for the subpoenas aren't certain. The Raleigh prosecutor recently announced charges against 19 non-U.S. citizens for illegal voting.
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