The Jackson NAACP chapter is working in coordination with the State Conference of the North Carolina NAACP Branches and Democracy North Carolina to receive testimonies from provisional ballot voters in Jackson, Haywood, Swain and Macon counties who are concerned their vote wasn’t counted when the local election board completed canvassing.

Enrique Gomez, president of the Jackson County NAACP, said they would consider the testimony of any voter, but specifically invite those voters who were made to cast a provisional ballot because they were told there was “no record of registration,” “no identification presented for first time voters” or “record previously removed.”

“Yesterday, the Jackson County Board of Elections rejected 235 out 367 provisional ballots, and we are supplying our state NAACP lawyers and Democracy NC with data on the decisions to be analyzed in the context of the entire state,” Gomez said. “We are still studying the patterns in the data to make determinations how legal decisions and legislation may have had suppression effects on the election, if any.”

This type of voter research is being conducted by NAACP branches all across the state as the gubernatorial race is still being decided and several state races are close enough that provisional ballots could still determine a victor. 

Haywood County Board of Elections reviewed a total of 244 provisional ballots and approved 88 of them.

Swain County Board of Elections approved 17 ballots but could not immediately provide the total number of provisional ballots it received.

Macon County Board of Elections approved 96 out of 172 provisional ballots. 

Voter information should be sent to Gomez at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..