The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) announced Monday that it has identified approximately 34,000 deceased individuals still listed on the state’s voter rolls.
The discovery was made through a comprehensive data cross-check against the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, the same system used to verify the U.S. citizenship of registered voters.
Officials submitted 7,397,734 voter records to the SAVE system in April as part of an ongoing effort to clean up the rolls and ensure only eligible citizens can vote.
NCSBE Executive Director Sam Hayes admitted the massive number of deceased people on the state’s voter rolls caught them off guard.
“While we expected to find some cases, this is higher than we anticipated,” Hayes said in a press release.
Hayes continued, “The benefit of entering into cross-state and federal database checks is that it allows us to uncover issues like this. Our goal is to use every available and legal tool at our disposal to achieve the most accurate voter rolls possible. Now, we must roll up our sleeves and begin the hard work to act of verifying that every person registered to vote in North Carolina is eligible. Our team, along with our state and federal will do what’s necessary to meet this responsibility.”
The press release stressed that North Carolina already receives weekly updates on in-state deaths from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, which are handled at the county level.
However, the SAVE match is helping catch voters who moved out of state, registered in North Carolina, and later passed away elsewhere, a gap that regular state processes had missed.
Election officials said that the presence of these names on the rolls does not mean illegal votes were cast in their names.
The Board says it will now follow established verification procedures, cross-check additional databases, and work with county boards to remove the deceased voters.
Republican North Carolina Congressman Mark Harris reacted on X, calling the situation “a failure” and demanding immediate action.
“This isn’t a mistake—it’s a failure,” Harris wrote.
Harris continued, “Election integrity is non-negotiable. Fix it now. Pass the SAVE American Act!”
BREAKING: North Carolina confirms 34,000 deceased individuals on our voter rolls.
This isn’t a mistake—it’s a failure.
Election integrity is non-negotiable.
Fix it now.
Pass the SAVE American Act!https://t.co/PJMBGGmMoH
— Rep. Mark Harris (@RepMarkHarrisNC) April 28, 2026
The SAVE Act, or Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act, would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
President Donald Trump has made it a top priority to get the SAVE Act passed, as Democrats do everything in their power to try and stop it.
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