NC GOP slams state elections board: 'The people of the 9th are tired of waiting'
Source: Charlotte Observer
North Carolina Republicans rallied behind Mark Harris on Monday, asking state elections officials to certify his disputed election to Congress unless it finds that alleged irregularities would have changed the outcome.
Harriss victory over Democrat Dan McCready in the 9th Congressional District has been clouded by a probe into allegations of fraud involving absentee ballots in Bladen County.
The state board of elections declined to certify Harriss election and has set a Jan. 11 hearing on the allegations. It could order a new election.
Thats a week after a new, Democratic-controlled Congress takes over on Jan. 3. And two Democratic members of Congress from North Carolina said Monday they dont expect Harris to be seated.
Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article223202995.html
shanny
(6,709 posts)Problem solved, including moral hazard.
LisaM
(27,758 posts)saying it was unfair to actually count the votes.
regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)And now, theyre pressing for a quick certification? Hmmm sounds like theyve just seen polls on what would happen if voters got a second chance.
Red Mountain
(1,704 posts)Who does that remind me of.......hmmmmmmmm
Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)angrychair
(8,592 posts)By Irregularities do you mean crime?
So, the are saying that unless his crime of election fraud actually helped him win than, its all good, make him the winner?
Bold. Criminal. But bold.
not fooled
(5,791 posts)based on their attitude towards pesky, inconvenient democracy in Wisconsin and several other states, they already know what the outcome should be and what's best, so everyone else should just shut up and go along.
randr
(12,408 posts)Real voters or just Russian trolls?