I've been following this pretty closely because I live in that district. The article is a little light on background so for those unfamiliar: The 9th district of NC is contested because it is...
I've been following this pretty closely because I live in that district. The article is a little light on background so for those unfamiliar:
The 9th district of NC is contested because it is alleged L. McCrae Dowless Jr., a political operative for Republican candidate Mark Harris, illegally collected and submitted around 600 mail-in ballots. Harris has repeatedly claimed to have no prior knowledge of any illegal activity by any campaign staff.
The NC board of elections, a panel of 3 Democrats and 2 Republicans, has yet to officially decide whether to certify the election or call a new one. Many Republicans have claimed that if the ballots in question wouldn't have altered the outcome of the election, then they should be disregarded and Mr. Harris should be named the winner of the election. It should be noted that 4 members of the board must agree to hold a new election, so the fact that the Democrats have a simple majority is not sufficient for them to call a new election on their own -- at least one of the Republican members must agree with them.
This seems to be a pretty solid nail in Dowless' coffin (emphasis mine):
Questioned by a series of grave-toned lawyers, Ms. Britt repeatedly described illegal conduct and said she had personally collected between 35 and 40 absentee ballots in violation of state law. She estimated that she had altered between five and 10 of them, but said she had not changed any votes in Mr. Harris’s race against Mr. McCready.
Ms. Britt, who has a felony record and acknowledged that she had illegally cast her own ballot, also detailed some of Mr. Dowless’s efforts to keep elections officials from taking note of his absentee ballot operation.
For those who didn't read the whole article, Lisa Britt is Dowless' step-daughter and volunteer.
basically a given that there's going to be a second run of the election in NC-09 with this, since democrats are in control of the body which makes the call on whether or not that happens. also,...
basically a given that there's going to be a second run of the election in NC-09 with this, since democrats are in control of the body which makes the call on whether or not that happens. also, not a very good look to say the least! although it will absolutely be downplayed and ignored by republicans in spite of their recent focus on electoral fraud/voter fraud and how it's a supposedly very serious issue.
I've been following this pretty closely because I live in that district. The article is a little light on background so for those unfamiliar:
The 9th district of NC is contested because it is alleged L. McCrae Dowless Jr., a political operative for Republican candidate Mark Harris, illegally collected and submitted around 600 mail-in ballots. Harris has repeatedly claimed to have no prior knowledge of any illegal activity by any campaign staff.
The NC board of elections, a panel of 3 Democrats and 2 Republicans, has yet to officially decide whether to certify the election or call a new one. Many Republicans have claimed that if the ballots in question wouldn't have altered the outcome of the election, then they should be disregarded and Mr. Harris should be named the winner of the election. It should be noted that 4 members of the board must agree to hold a new election, so the fact that the Democrats have a simple majority is not sufficient for them to call a new election on their own -- at least one of the Republican members must agree with them.
This seems to be a pretty solid nail in Dowless' coffin (emphasis mine):
For those who didn't read the whole article, Lisa Britt is Dowless' step-daughter and volunteer.
basically a given that there's going to be a second run of the election in NC-09 with this, since democrats are in control of the body which makes the call on whether or not that happens. also, not a very good look to say the least! although it will absolutely be downplayed and ignored by republicans in spite of their recent focus on electoral fraud/voter fraud and how it's a supposedly very serious issue.