(RALEIGH) -- The man who leads the state's election operation is weighing in on concerns about voter fraud. Gary Bartlett, Director of the State Board of Elections said they did have some reports of improper voting in the last presidential election.

"In the 2008 elections we had somewhere around 26 to 30 double voting instances," said Bartlett.  "They were dealt with and sent to the appropriate district attorney."

He said in many cases, there were double votes which were inadvertent, and in the few cases where there were attempts at deliberate fraud, they were dealt with by the judicial system.

Many states have added additional safeguards to protect the integrity of the voting process, something some say is needed to fight fraud, but others say is an effort to suppress some voting. Bartlett disputed claims by a private group that there are a large number of ineligible voters on the rolls. He said the groups do not have access to all of the information such as social security numbers.

"They're doing fuzzy matching instead of exact matching.  They are doing the best they can, and I think that they are really trying their best to insure that those who are eligible stay on the rolls and those that don't."

The Republican led General Assembly passed a voter ID law, but it was vetoed by Gov. Bev Perdue. Lawmakers have vowed to bring the issue up again when they return in January.