The leaders of all 100 county election boards in North Carolina will now report to a longtime Republican Party operative, Republican state Auditor Dave Boliek has told some county elections officials.

The hiring of Dallas Woodhouse, who led a series of deep-pocketed conservative political groups before becoming executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party, hasn't been made public yet. His hiring was announced in a letter sent to a select group of elections officials, obtained by WRAL.

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"To assist in your efforts to ensure election integrity while encouraging maximum participation in our elections, I have appointed Dallas Woodhouse as my liaison," Boliek wrote in the letter.In North Carolina all 100 county elections board, as well as the State Board of

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