Two major battleground states allow overseas citizens that don’t live—and in some cases never lived—in their states to vote, the Republican National Committee says.

A group called Democrats Abroad, meanwhile, casts what it calls international voting as a “secret weapon” to win elections.

The RNC joined state Republican parties in Michigan and North Carolina in separate lawsuits to stop what plaintiffs allege to be illegal overseas voting.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a dead heat in the race for the White House in both states, polling within one percentage point of each other, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average in each state.

Michigan has 15 electoral votes and North Carolina has 16.

The Republican National Committee’s lawsuits name the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Michigan’s controversial Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson as defendants, respectively. Spokespersons for both offices didn’t respond immediately to The Daily Signal’s inquiries for this story.

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