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Carolina Curious: Why Is So Much Voter Data Publicly Available?

SEAN BUETER/WFDD

Late last year, the State Board of Elections began an investigation into North Carolina's 9th Congressional District because of potential voting irregularities.

Since then, several analyses of publicly-available voter data have reinforced the idea that votes may have been manipulated in some way to benefit one of the candidates.

Listener Carol Keck wanted to know why such data is available in the first place, especially to political parties and candidates.

In this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD's Sean Bueter speaks with UNC-Greensboro political scientist Charles Prysby to find out more.

Interview Highlights

On what voter data the North Carolina Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement keeps on file:

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Sean Bueter joined WFDD in August 2015 as a reporter covering issues across the Piedmont Triad and beyond.Previously, Sean was a reporter, host and news director at WBOI in Fort Wayne, Ind., just a few hours from where he grew up. He also sorted Steve Inskeep's mail as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.Sean has experience on a variety of beats, including race, wealth and poverty, economic development, and more. His work has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and APM's Marketplace.In his spare time, Sean plays tennis (reasonably well), golf (reasonably poorly), and scours local haunts for pinball machines to conquer.

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