GOP ratchets up case to seat Mark Harris by questioning election fraud investigation

Source: Charlotte Observer

BY JIM MORRILL AND

BRIAN MURPHY

JANUARY 15, 2019 03:56 PM,

UPDATED 1 HOUR 10 MINUTES AGO

North Carolina Republicans ratcheted up their drive to put Mark Harris in Congress on Tuesday, questioning “the entire legitimacy” of a state investigation into allegations of election fraud in the 9th Congressional District.

North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes accused elections officials of “one stalling pattern after another,” in a meeting with reporters in Charlotte.

“When there (isn’t) evidence that irregularities would change the outcome of the election, Mark Harris should be certified,” Hayes said. “If they had discovered a shred of evidence, they would have made it public.”


State law, however, allows for the board to call for a new election if “Irregularities or improprieties occurred to such an extent that they taint the results of the entire election and cast doubt on its fairness.” The McCready campaign, in a legal brief filed Monday in Wake County Superior Court, called that finding “an inevitable conclusion” to the case.


Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article224556845.html

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But the hearing, originally scheduled for Jan. 11, was delayed indefinitely after a three-judge panel dissolved the board on Dec. 28 as part of a separate legal dispute. Since then, the elections staff has continued its investigation.

A new board is scheduled to be named on Jan. 31.

Board spokesman Patrick Gannon said in the meantime, the staff “continues to conduct a thorough investigation into absentee voting irregularities in the 2018 election.”

“We look forward to presenting a full picture of the investigation to the public when a new State Board is seated,” he said.




And the fascist republicans are still trying to "RatFuck" democracy.....................


November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough................