The North Carolina Republican Party quickly put out a statement on Mark Harris’ call for a new election in the 9th District, saying that they “respect Dr. Harris’ decision on behalf of the voters.”
The statement lavished praise on the Board of Elections and wished Harris a speedy recovery from the strokes he mentioned in his abrupt call for a new election. The statement also, however, carefully avoided promising the state party’s support should there be a new election.
“We respect Dr. Harris’ decision on behalf of the voters. This has been a tremendously difficult situation for all involved and we wish him the best as he recovers from his illness and subsequent complications. We will continue to work with legislators and investigators on how we can improve the electoral system so that these kinds of situations can be avoided in the future. The people of North Carolina deserve nothing less than the full confidence and trust in the electoral system. We’d like to thank the hard-working staff and members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections for their professionalism and dedication in this investigation.”
Notably, should the board of elections agree to a new election, new primaries would have to take place as well.
Here, let me help you with that stuck Overton window: Jailtime.
That’s better.
That response is the 10’ pole that they’re obviously not willing to touch Rep. Strokey Strokeout with.
Yeah, they “respect” the electoral system. But they won’t commit to a new election unless they are sure they can replace Harris with someone less tainted and be reasonably sure the Republican replacement wins.
I am not aware of any NC Statute that requires a new primary. I know why NCGOP want one, they floated that really early after the election was not certified.
I can see the campaign already-
The Republicans stole your vote and rigged the last election- are you really going to vote for another one?'