Linda Rebuck Sat On The 2024 Henderson County Board Of Elections. [Henderson County Board of Elections, accessed 7/16/24]
Linda Rebuck Was A Republican. [Henderson County Board of Elections Meeting Agenda, 5/14/24]
Linda Rebuck Emailed Roughly 30 Republican State Legislators Claiming A Debunked Theory That Overseas Absentee Voters Were Not Properly Vetted. “The meeting comes after last week's controversy around Rebuck's email to about 30 Republican state legislators. […] Rebuck's letter focused on her concern that overseas voters applying to vote absentee in North Carolina weren't being properly vetted. The accusation has been repeatedly debunked by state and national election officials and was refuted again by State Elections Board Director Karen Brinson Bell in an email to Rebuck. Brinson Bell wrote Rebuck that there are no issues with verification of overseas voters and that each must present required forms of identification before getting a ballot. Rebuck attended the Monday's emergency meeting and continued to express her concerns about overseas ballots before the crowd, which included Democrats and Republicans. Henderson Chairman Clay Eddleman made a motion at the end of the discussion to move on from the issue of Rebuck's email. The board voted in favor of doing so.” [WLOS, 9/16/24]
Linda Rebuck: “If You Do Not Intervene Immediately Either Legislatively Or Legally, We Are Going To Lose NC To The Dems In November Which Will Likely Mean We Lose The Country.” “The North Carolina State Board of Elections reprimanded a county election official for spreading ‘false and misleading statements’ to state lawmakers and advocating for Republicans to win the 2024 elections. Linda Rebuck, a Republican member of the Henderson County Board of Elections, sent an email to Republican state lawmakers last month in which she warned of a ‘concerted effort to turn Henderson County blue’ via improper verification of absentee and new voter applications. ‘I want to strongly state my belief that if you do not intervene immediately either legislatively or legally, we are going to lose NC to the Dems in November which will likely mean we lose the country,’ Rebuck wrote. ‘The responsibility will be yours, one way or the other.’ In a letter responding to Rebuck, the state board's executive director, Karen Brinson Bell, said her statements, which had been forwarded to a wide audience, were ‘sensationalistic and inflammatory and will undermine voter confidence with no facts to back them up.’ Brinson Bell also noted that state law prohibits members of election boards from publicly supporting any candidate.” [News & Observer, 9/12/24]
The State Board Of Elections Reprimanded Linda Rebuck For Spreading “False And Misleading Statements” That “Will Undermine Voter Confidence With No Facts To Back Them Up.” “The North Carolina State Board of Elections reprimanded a county election official for spreading ‘false and misleading statements’ to state lawmakers and advocating for Republicans to win the 2024 elections. Linda Rebuck, a Republican member of the Henderson County Board of Elections, sent an email to Republican state lawmakers last month in which she warned of a ‘concerted effort to turn Henderson County blue’ via improper verification of absentee and new voter applications. ‘I want to strongly state my belief that if you do not intervene immediately either legislatively or legally, we are going to lose NC to the Dems in November which will likely mean we lose the country,’ Rebuck wrote. ‘The responsibility will be yours, one way or the other.’ In a letter responding to Rebuck, the state board's executive director, Karen Brinson Bell, said her statements, which had been forwarded to a wide audience, were ‘sensationalistic and inflammatory and will undermine voter confidence with no facts to back them up.’ Brinson Bell also noted that state law prohibits members of election boards from publicly supporting any candidate.” [News & Observer, 9/12/24]
Linda Rebuck Opposed Delegating Ballot Inspection And Categorization To Staff, In Defiance Of State Guidance. “Given the high numbers, the state is encouraging county boards to consider ways to streamline the process, like instructing staff to inspect ballots for deficiencies as they come in, sort them into categories and present recommendations to the board. Board member Linda Rebuck expressed a problem with delegating that to staff, saying that a state law contradicts with bypassing the board members’ regular duty to personally view every envelope. ‘I can’t vote for something like that unless we have a judge signing off,’ she said. She said a hearing is scheduled next week. Hebb said that as far as she knows, it’s legal, as it’s in guidance from the state board provided to the county. Rebuck said that guidance is based on a judgment that hasn’t yet been made. Member Debbie Dante confirmed Rebuck’s assessment, saying the consent motion was filed Sept. 22 to challenge a state Board of Elections decision, and any direction that came from the state following that date isn’t accurate.” [Hendersonville Times-News, 9/25/20]
Rebuck Argued Delegating Ballot Inspection Was Illegal, Despite Guidance To The Contrary. “Given the high numbers, the state is encouraging county boards to consider ways to streamline the process, like instructing staff to inspect ballots for deficiencies as they come in, sort them into categories and present recommendations to the board. Board member Linda Rebuck expressed a problem with delegating that to staff, saying that a state law contradicts with bypassing the board members’ regular duty to personally view every envelope. ‘I can’t vote for something like that unless we have a judge signing off,’ she said. She said a hearing is scheduled next week. Hebb said that as far as she knows, it’s legal, as it’s in guidance from the state board provided to the county. Rebuck said that guidance is based on a judgment that hasn’t yet been made. Member Debbie Dante confirmed Rebuck’s assessment, saying the consent motion was filed Sept. 22 to challenge a state Board of Elections decision, and any direction that came from the state following that date isn’t accurate.” [Hendersonville Times-News, 9/25/20]
Linda Rebuck Voted Against A Motion To Follow State Guidance Allowing Staff To Categorize State Ballots, While Allowing The Board Supervision Of Counting. “Stolz made a motion to follow the state’s guidance to allow staff to categorize ballots with an added amendment to allow the board supervision of counting, not tabulating the ballots. The motion passed 3-2, with Rebuck and Deborah Dante voting against. [...] Dante also took issue with appointing a bipartisan team of staff members to duplicate ballots. Ballots are normally duplicated during the absentee meeting.” [Hendersonville Times-News, 9/25/20]
Linda Rebuck Unsuccessfully Pushed To Require The Board Of Elections To Segregate Early Voting Ballots. “In Hendersonville on Thursday night, Republican Elections Board member Linda Rebuck failed in her effort to force the board to segregate ballots received before Nov. 6 from those received after that date. Elections Board Director Karen Hebb said elections workers had not separated the ballots by date at all because it had been given no instructions to do so. After a short discussion, Rebuck's motion failed, 3-2, with the Democratic majority prevailing.” [Hendersonville Lightning, 11/13/20]
2020: Linda Rebuck Contributed $60 To Friends Of Mark Robinson. [North Carolina State Board of Elections, Campaign Finance Search, accessed 7/16/24]
Mark Robinson “Spread Lies Or Promoted Conspiracies About The Legitimacy Of The 2020 Presidential Election Or Subsequent Election Cycles In Public.” [Replacing the Refs, Election Denial in North Carolina, accessed 6/3/24]