NC Election fraud probe centers on former GOP congressional campaign staffer

[pepperbear]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/north-carolina-election-fraud-investigation-centers-on-operative-with-criminal-history-who-worked-for-gop-congressional-candidate/2018/12/03/7b270a90-f6aa-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html?utm_term=.5ee4f42070ef

North Carolina election-fraud investigation centers on operative with criminal history who worked for GOP congressional candidate

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Smith provided his account about the primary campaign to state investigators, who are examining whether Dowless’s activities then and in the general election violated North Carolina’s election laws, which allow only individual voters or designated close relatives to mail a ballot.

Dowless is now at the center of a burgeoning fraud investigation that has delayed the certification of Harris’s narrow victory and could prompt officials to call for a new election between him and Democrat Dan McCready, who are separated by 905 votes, according to unofficial returns.

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The possibility that November’s vote will be tossed out has prompted an eruption of partisan accusations. The case is politically fraught for Republicans, who in North Carolina and across the country have pushed for voter-identification laws and other restrictions while warning without evidence about the threat of rampant voter fraud, particularly by immigrants in the country illegally.

[pecosbob]

1. I think this ratforker has worked for other GOP campaigns in the past

[peggysue2]

2. Have you noticed that Republicans refer to this . . .

debacle as a 'voting irregularity.' When Dems are accused without any evidence, the charge is always flat-out voting or electoral fraud.

Strange that.

[Iliyah]

3. This is their trade mark . . .

The Republican party knows. Have used many times.