State NAACP President Demands Resignation Of NC Elections Board Chief

The head of the North Carolina NAACP, along with election security advocates, sent a letter asking for a leadership change at the State Board of Elections. 

The group sent the letter to Governor Roy Cooper on Monday demanding that Board of Elections Chairman Damon Circosta step down.

Cooper appointed Circosta earlier this summer.

The NAACP accuses the board of being lax on cybersecurity in the wake of apparent foreign interference in elections. They also criticize the board for approving electronic voting machines that may be susceptible to hacking.

The News & Observer reports the letter was signed by Reverend Anthony Spearman, who presides over the statewide NAACP. Spearman is also a member of the Guilford County Board of Elections.

A number of high-profile election security activists also added their signatures.

In response, Cooper defended Circosta, saying that security remains “the number one priority of the State Board of Elections.”

Board spokesman Pat Gannon called the claims about electronic voting machines “inaccurate.”