North Carolina elections board dissolves before certifying November results of 9th district race
North Carolina elections board dissolves before certifying November results of 9th district race
By Ryan Nobles, Veronica Stracqualursi and Ethan Cohen, CNN
https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/28/politics/north-carolina-harris-campaign-emergency-petition-results-certify/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F
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(CNN) — The North Carolina state board of elections dissolved Friday without certifying results from the 9th Congressional District, throwing into doubt a race tainted by allegations of election fraud.
Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris filed an emergency petition on Friday to certify his lead in the November election, moments before the nine-member board disbanded on noon Friday and ahead of the new US Congress convening on January 3.
The filing came a day after a three-judge state court panel denied a stay to keep the state elections board in its current form, so the state elections board investigating the allegations was forced to dissolve at noon Friday.
The board had refused to certify Harris as November's winner amid evidence of irregularities in the absentee ballot count and reports of a fraud scheme directed by a Republican operative hired by Harris' campaign.
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