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December 4, 2018

North Carolina Investigating Election Fraud in Congressional Race
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In North Carolina, election officials are investigating possible fraud
in a tight congressional election that remains uncalled nearly one month
after the midterm elections. Unofficial results have Republican Mark
Harris leading Democrat Dan Mc Cready by just over 900 votes. The
investigation centers on a number of absentee ballots which appear to
have been signed by witnesses who have ties to Leslie Mc Crae Dowless, a
Republican operative who worked for Harris. Dowless pleaded guilty to
insurance fraud in the 1990s after he took out a $163,000 policy on a
dead man, according to court records. Additionally, a disproportionately
high number of requested absentee ballots were not returned in a county
that favored Harris in both the primary and general elections. The North
Carolina elections board may decide to hold a new election if they are
unable to declare a winner.


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