Left-Wing Nonprofits Slapped With Complaint For Allegedly Retaining Voter Info In Violation Of Law

Multiple left-wing nonprofits were hit with a complaint Monday that alleges the organizations violated North Carolina law by collecting and retaining key voter information.

The complaint, filed by Restoring Integrity and Trust In Elections (RITE) with the North Carolina State Board of Elections, alleges that the Voter Participation Center (VPC), Center for Voter Information (CVI) and Rock the Vote (RTV) illegally retained voters’ dates of birth and other personal information. VPC and CVI allegedly sent registration forms to voters by mail with QR codes that redirected to RTV’s online registration portal, which is also hosted on VPC and CVI’s websites, the complaint says.

Despite being dubbed as nonpartisan, CVI and its sister organization VPC were founded by former Democratic operative Page Gardner, who worked on former President Bill Clinton’s campaign in 1992 and other left-wing initiatives, according to multiple reports. Both organizations were involved in the 2020 elections, with VPC and CVI accused by Fairfax County of sending out pre-filled absentee ballot applications with inaccurate information, and sending out voter registration mailers that could be misconstrued as government documents.