Wonder why we have stayed focused on the process of choosing an Early Voting Plan by our Rowan Board of Elections? Reports continue to surface as regards interference from Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek into the business of NC County Election Boards. Here are two updates. Read both articles for a fuller understanding of this apparent misuse of power. A controversial 2024 law gave Boliek elections appointment powers.

NC Newsline, July 14, 2026

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. 

Republicans passed a controversial law in 2024 that put Boliek in charge of appointing state Board of Elections members and county board chairs. The law took the power to appoint state board members away from Democrat Josh Stein, who had won the governorship. 

The former GOP operative hired by Auditor Dave Boliek to work with county boards of election has resigned after controversies flared over his involvement in early voting plans. 

Dallas Woodhouse resigned Monday, about a week after he was reassigned from the elections liaison position. 

Conflicts over early voting sites came to light when Republican members of the Jackson County Board of Elections said they received “pressure from Raleigh” to reject a site on Western Carolina University’s campus. 

NC Local, through a public records request, found that Woodhouse told Jackson elections chairman Bill Thompson “don’t let them have a vote” before the meeting on early voting sites.