NC-SEN: Tillis says he has 'grave concerns' about voting by mail in NC after board settlement

[RandySF]

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said Thursday he has “grave concerns” about North Carolina’s absentee by-mail system, less than two days after he said he had so much faith in the system that he challenged his Democratic challenger, Cal Cunningham, to vote by mail.

Tillis’ about-face comes after the North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously agreed Tuesday to a tentative settlement outlining a series of changes to the absentee by-mail system. Wednesday, both of the board’s Republican members unexpectedly resigned, saying they were misled during the settlement discussion.

The Republican senator’s new comments came Thursday morning on “Henry Hinton’s Talk of the Town” radio show out of Greenville.

“I have said in the last two debates that I trusted the absentee ballot system in North Carolina, until yesterday,” Tillis said during the show. “And now, I have grave concerns about North Carolina Board of Elections, non-legislators, taking a position that’s only slightly better than the horrible decision that came out of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.”

He was referring to last week’s decision in Pennsylvania that could make it easier for people to vote by mail but also could lead to some votes being thrown out due to mistakes, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.


https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article245994195.html#storylink=cpy

[sprinkleeninow]

1. make up your freaken face....

[BGBD]

2. Isn't the NC deal

that voters are now going to be given an opportunity to make corrections to mistakes that could jeopardize their ballots being counted before they are discarded?

That's what has the republicans in such an uproar, the fact that they might not be able to throw out as many ballots at they want.

[BernieBabies]

3. I think the uproar is part of a larger plan to cast doubt on the entire election

... so that the legislature under section 1 clause 2 of the Constitution can appoint electors to override the will of the people.

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States shall be appointed an Elector.

Notice how this clause makes no mention of state laws or gubernatorial approval.

A Trump Supreme Court could decide to rule based on that clause alone.

At least, that's how I read it. I hope I'm dead wrong.