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Elections staff: 1,137 county registration records remain in state repair list
Summary
County elections staff reported 1,137 Buncombe County registration records still appear on the state repair list; the state’s broader project has contacted roughly 241,000 records and staff said guidance on handling several subcategories (bounced letters, unvalidated responses) is still pending.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY — Buncombe County elections staff updated the board on the statewide voter-registration repair effort, saying the county currently shows 1,137 records on the state’s repair list.
Staff explained the state recently expanded the project and that the larger statewide list contains roughly 241,000 records the state will contact. Local staff said the 1,137 county records are contained within that state list and described multiple categories of cases — for example, letters that bounced, records with returned but unvalidated responses, and addresses that require follow‑up — and said procedures for some categories still require clarification from the state.
Board members raised privacy concerns about whether full Social Security numbers were being requested in state letters; staff clarified that Buncombe County asks for either a driver’s license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number, and several board members noted federal limits on the use of full Social Security numbers.
Next steps: Staff said they will provide additional guidance as the state issues more detailed instructions about how to handle specific repair subcategories and will update the board weekly if new direction is received.
