FILE - Stacks of ballot envelopes waiting to be mailed are seen at the Wake County Board of Elections on Sept. 3, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina State Board of Elections denied Thursday, July 14, 2022, a Republican Party request that the board authorize county elections officials to scrutinize signatures on absentee voting documents, citing concerns that the proposal would create unequal standards across counties. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)