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brooklynite

(94,737 posts)
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 03:39 PM Nov 2018

NC board again declines to certify Mark Harris victory as mail-in ballots questioned Read more here

Source: Charlotte Observer

North Carolina’s state board of elections again declined to certify Republican Mark Harris’ apparent victory over Democrat Dan McCready in the 9th Congressional District on Friday, instead calling for a hearing to discuss the matter on or before Dec. 21.

Harris won the race by 905 votes, but the validity of mail-in absentee ballots from Bladen County have been called into question.

The evidentiary hearing is “to assure that the election is determined without taint,” said Joshua Malcolm, vice chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement.

The vote was 7-2 to hold the hearing.


Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article222436915.html

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NC board again declines to certify Mark Harris victory as mail-in ballots questioned Read more here (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2018 OP
This stinks to high heaven. appal_jack Nov 2018 #1
 

appal_jack

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1. This stinks to high heaven.
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 04:28 PM
Nov 2018

Kudos to the State BoE for applying the brakes and taking a closer look here.

k&r,

-app

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