Chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Damon Circosta, says that the allegations made by two resigning board members that they were “mislead” are not true.

The #NCSBE will release the meeting minutes and related memos.

#NCPol

At an emergency #NCSBE meeting this morning, Circosta addressed allegations made by the NC Republican Party about deliberations around a proposed settlement of a lawsuit.

He said that the Board had met in closed session to with lawyers to preserve attorney-client privilege. 2/

Cicosta says that because the two resigning members took it upon themselves to talk about the closed session and made allegations that are "unsupported", the #NCSBE will be releasing memos prepared for and distributed at the closed session as well as minutes. 3/

Cicosta said that the #NCSBE had robust discussions about the lawsuit and proposed settlements of the case, with ample opportunity for each Board member to ask questions and have questions answered. 4/

Background: https://twitter.com/EveryVoiceNC/status/1309093177408847872?s=20

Full statement from #NCSBE chair, Damon Circosta, refuting claims by two resigning Republican members of the board about a settlement agreement:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/State_Board_Meeting_Docs/2020-09-25/Circosta_Statement_09252020%5B20268%5D.pdf

The #NCSBE waived privilege in order to release minutes of closed session during which they deliberated a proposed settlement of a lawsuit. #NCPol

Link to minutes:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/State_Board_Meeting_Docs/2020-09-25/DRAFT_SBOE%20Minutes%209.15.20%20Closed%20Session.pdf