Grand Jury Will Look At Whether To Bring Criminal Charges In NC Ballot Scheme

Republican NC-9th District Congressional candidate Mark Harris answers questions at a news conference at the Matthews Town Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Matthews, N.C. Harris declared victory over Democrat Dan McCready early Wednesday morning and McCready later conceded. (David T. Foster III/Charlotte Observer/TNS)
Republican NC-9th District Congressional candidate Mark Harris answers questions at a news conference at the Matthews Town Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Matthews, N.C. Harris declared victory over Democrat Dan ... Republican NC-9th District Congressional candidate Mark Harris answers questions at a news conference at the Matthews Town Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Matthews, N.C. Harris declared victory over Democrat Dan McCready early Wednesday morning and McCready later conceded. (David T. Foster III/Charlotte Observer/TNS via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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A grand jury in North Carolina will determine whether or not to bring charges against any of the individuals involved in an alleged ballot fraud scheme that rocked the congressional election in the state’s 9th District, the News and Observer reported on Friday.

The state’s election board voted to hold a new election in the district after conducting a multi-day hearing on irregularities with mail-in ballots in the district. Several witnesses accused an operative working for the Republican candidate in the race, Mark Harris, of running an illegal voter fraud scheme involving mail-in ballots. Harris’ son also alleged that that he warned his father about the operative’s illegal tactics before he was hired to work for the campaign in testimony that brought the candidate to tears.

The dramatic week ended with the Republican candidate, Mark Harris, calling for a new election and walking out of the hearing before finishing his testimony. It’s not clear whether he will run again for the seat.

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  1. Innocent until proven guilty, let the legal process work its way through the evidence, etc., etc…

    THEN HANG THE FUCKERS OUT TO DRY!!

  2. Let me guess…the US attorney handling it will be the guy in NC who is so very very aggressively concerned about finding every half-English-speaking legal or illegal immigrant who made an honest mistake by voting, and he’ll now basically throw this grand jury investigation to avoid any GOP indictments and protect their precious voter fraud myth from any incursions of reality.

    PARTEI UBER ALLES!!!

  3. Getting to Harris himself will be difficult unless he was stupid enough to communicate something criminal in his emails. He knew that Dowless was going to steal votes and he hired him with that in mind but it will be hard to prove that without any additional evidence.

  4. Sorry, we’re much too busy misusing our prosecutorial discretion for the all-important task of suppressing votes.

  5. While I’d love to see Dowless get nailed, Harris is the real SOB they need to crucify.

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