The North Carolina Board of Elections failed this week to certify the election of Republican candidate Mark Harris for US House District 9 though the vote totals show him leading by 905 votes out of 238,000 cast over Democrat Dan McCready.
Now there is a video where the current holder of the seat, Robert Pittenger who lost in the Republican primary, saying there may be connections to “unsavory people” in part of the district.
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The Board discussed the matter privately, voted unanimously not to certify at this time, but gave almost no reason. The board has four members from each party and an unaffiliated member.
The board met privately for nearly two hours before voting in public without a detailed explanation. Member Joshua Malcolm lives in the 9th District and made the motion to delay race certification until at least Friday. Malcolm said earlier Tuesday he was concerned about "unfortunate activities that have been happening down in my part of the state.''
The three Democratic Congressmen who represent North Carolina released the following statement.
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The Charlotte Observer Newspaper cites anomalies involving absentee votes in Braden County.
There are also sworn statements by voters that they received absentee ballots they did not request which were later “collected” at voter’s homes by people claiming to have official capacity to take the ballots.
Similar voting irregularities seem to have also occurred in the 2016 elections.
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Adding to the uncertainty is a political battle over control of the state board itself. State judges have thrown out two laws enacted by the GOP-controlled General Assembly intended to wrest control of the board from Gov. Roy Cooper (D); as a result, the current board is scheduled to dissolve early next week. That throws into uncertainty not only the fate of the voter fraud investigation in the 9th District, but the timing of certification of the Harris-McCready results.
If the investigation does continue next week, precinct-by-precinct scrutiny of returns is likely — especially for absentee ballots. The state board has the power to order a new election if it determines the irregularities could have made a difference in the outcome or were widespread enough to generally taint the outcome.
BREAKING- I have obtained 6 sworn affidavits related to the #NC09 investigation. A team of a dozen @wsoctv employees and I working on this. Huge allegations and potential implications. Stories at 5 and 6 @wsoctv #NCPOL