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The North Carolina Republican Party has filed two complaints against Blueprint North Carolina, a nonprofit that distributes information and coordinates activities for a variety of nonprofits in the state.

The GOP wants the State Board of Elections and the Internal Revenue Service to investigate Blueprint for political activity that the party says is “well outside the boundaries of a charitable organization with privileged tax status.”

The GOP is referring to memos leaked to the press last week and first reported by the Charlotte Observer.

The North Carolina Republican Party said it contacted a record number of voters Saturday, as part of its out reach effort.

GOP officials said nearly 3,000 volunteers made 110,000 calls and knocked on more than 90,000 doors on on what it called “Tarheel Turnout” Saturday. Besides making 200,000 voter contacts on Saturday, the party said it made 500,000 voter contacts for all of last week.

They said they saw a spike in volunteers after last week's presidential debate, in which most neutral observers said was won by Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson will campaign for the Republican ticket in Asheville on Thursday.

Wilson, who is from Columbia will speak to volunteers at the Republican Victory Headquarters in Asheville. He will talk about North Carolina's importance in the 2012 elections, according to a GOP release.

Wilson is best known for an incident in 2009, when he interrupted a speech by President Barack Obama to a joint session of Congress by shouting ''you lie.''

Wilson later apologized for the incident and the House, in a largely party-line vote, passed a resolution rebuking him.

The incident occurred when the president said his health plan would not insure illegal immigrants. Several fact-check groups said the law specifically excluded illegal aliens from participating in the health insurance program.