NC Auditor Boliek expressed polling site preferences and looked to boost GOP turnout, messages show.
State Auditor Dave Boliek “pushed hard on voter turnout especially in small Republican Counties like Yadkin,” the county’s elections board Chair Gary Mastin texted one of Boliek’s staffers this year.
Mastin wanted Boliek’s office to intervene in the planned relocation of the county elections headquarters. Mastin argued the move would hurt Republican turnout. “It’s one of the few situations that Republicans can prove (by definition) Voter suppression,” Mastin wrote.
“It will have a very negative impact on voting in the most Republican County in the state (on a percentage basis) in 2028,” Mastin wrote in a text message to Mitchell Whitley, one of Boliek’s regional field managers, about what has been the county’s only early voting site.
Voting rights advocate Bob Hall obtained the Yadkin County text messages through a public records request. It is among a bundle of emails, texts and voicemails between Boliek’s staff and local elections officials Hall and other voting rights advocates obtained that provide a look at how Boliek and his office seek to shape early voting plans.
https://ncnewsline.com/2026/07/14/nc-auditor-boliek-expressed-polling-site-preferences-and-looked-to-boost-gop-turnout-messages-show/