North Carolina’s attorney general is asking federal officials to provide information related to “security and possible tampering” in the state’s elections.

Stein wrote in a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security that action was necessary because of the upcoming elections in North Carolina.

“In our democracy, the right to vote, to have one’s vote be counted accurately, and to have one’s vote mean something is absolutely critical,” Stein said in a release. “Anyone – particularly a foreign national or foreign government – who tampers with the security of our elections not only is a criminal, but also strikes at the very heart of democracy. That is intolerable. I am asking the Department of Homeland Security to provide us with information necessary to ensure that North Carolina’s elections are fair and secure.”

The request comes after intelligence officials have maintained that Russians targeted the United States elections in 2016. Stein pointed to that knowledge and that “North Carolina experienced significant software-related problems in several of the state’s largest cities” during the election as cause for his inquiry.

Filing is open across North Carolina for local, state and congressional races on the ballot this fall.

In a release, Stein said he was requesting:

Information related to vulnerabilities in the digital election infrastructure currently used in North Carolina.

Information related to vulnerabilities in commonly used elections hardware and software systems.

Countermeasures that county, state, and federal officials may use to strengthen election security.

An update to the NSA report that details Russian hacking efforts in the 2016 election as it relates to North Carolina or any election-system vendors whose products are used in North Carolina.

Any other information that would help the State of North Carolina or our counties work to prevent interference with our elections in the future.

Primaries for this fall’s elections are scheduled to take place in May.

You can read the full letter from Stein to federal officials here.

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